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English adjective: assonant

1. assonant having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables


SamplesNote the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'.


Similarsame


Domain categoryrhyme, rime


Antonymsdifferent

2. assonant having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables


Similarrhymed, rhyming, riming


Antonymsrhymeless, rimeless, unrhymed, unrimed









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