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assonant

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Example Sentences

Most of it is in the difficult assonant or vowel rhyme, hardly ever previously attempted in our language.

Bel crouches—as men have crouched to Bel; Nebo cowers—a stronger verb than crouches, but assonant to it, like cower to crouch.

It is written in the assonant, or vowel rhyme, that was universal among European nations in the early stage of their civilization.

The versification is careless; when rhyme hampered the poet he dropped it, and used instead the assonant rhyme.

I observed no instance of the assonant rhyme; but there are several glosses, or, in the Portuguese word, grosas.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to assonant, such as: melodic, musical, tuneful, accordant, agreeable, and canorous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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