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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