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Found 3 hits - Term: assonant, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
assonant \as"sonant\, a. l. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to
   sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound,
   sonus sound: cf. f. assonant. see sound.
   1. having a resemblance of sounds.
      1913 webster

   2. pros. pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called
      assonance; not consonant.
      1913 webster
see also:
sound 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
assonant
     adj 1: having the same sound especially the same vowel sound
            occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the
            assonant words and syllables in `tilting at
            windmills'"
     2: having the same vowel sound occurring with different
        consonants in successive words or stressed syllables

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 moby thesaurus words for "assonant":
   accordant, according, alliteral, alliterating, alliterative,
   assonantal, attuned, belabored, blended, blending, chanting,
   chiming, cliche-ridden, concordant, consonant, dingdong, harmonic,
   harmonious, harmonizing, harping, homophonic, humdrum, in accord,
   in chorus, in concert, in concord, in sync, in tune, in unison,
   jingle-jangle, jingling, jog-trot, labored, monodic, monophonic,
   monotone, monotonous, punning, rhymed, rhyming, singsong,
   symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, tedious, tuned, unisonant,
   unisonous





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