noun / verb
rhyme
RYME/raɪm/
Correspondence between the final sounds of words.
The words on the cards, cat and hat, rhyme.
Etymology
From “measured movement,” the meaning developed into a term for accentual verse. Because such verse usually rhymed, the word came to denote matching sounds at the ends of words or lines.
In context
this day we gather round to honor words their power profound a symphony of verse and rhyme a celebration spanning time
More examples
- She needs a rhyme for the word blue.
- The poet rhymes light with night.
- We read a nursery rhyme before bed.
Forms
rhyme · rhymes · rhymed · rhyming
Similar words
- assonance
- Matches vowel sounds without requiring matching final consonant sounds.
- consonance
- Matches consonant sounds without requiring matching vowel sounds.