English adjective: assonant | |||
1. | assonant having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables | ||
Samples | Note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'. | ||
Similar | same | ||
Domain category | rhyme, rime | ||
Antonyms | different | ||
2. | assonant having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables | ||
Similar | rhymed, rhyming, riming | ||
Antonyms | rhymeless, rimeless, unrhymed, unrimed | ||