Rhyme

Rhyme

Creating a same sound

- Musical

- Rhythm

- Connected

- Easy to remember

Noun

noun: rhyme

1 correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

"poetic features such as rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration"

·         a short poem in which the sound of the word or syllable at the end of each line corresponds with that at the end of another.

plural noun: rhymes

"Harriet sang Ben little rhymes"

·         rhyming poetry or verse.

"the clues were written in rhyme"

synonyms:

poem, piece of poetry, verse, ditty, ode, limerick, song, jingle, verse composition,metrical composition; More

·         a word that has the same sound as another.

"‘gravel’ can be interpreted as an absurd rhyme for ‘travel’"

Verb

verb: rhyme; 3rd person present: rhymes; past tense: rhymed; past participle: rhymed; gerund or present participle: rhyming

1 (of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.

"balloon rhymes with moon"

·         (of a poem or song) be composed in rhyme.

"the poem would have been better if it rhymed"

·         put a word together with (another word that has a corresponding sound), as when writing poetry.

"I'm not sure about rhyming perestroika with balalaika"

·         literary

compose verse or poetry.

"Musa rhymed and sang"

Origin

Middle English rime, from Old French, from medieval Latin rithmus, via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (seerhythm). The current spelling was introduced in the early 17th century under the influence of rhythm .

More definition and example

While a rhyming dictionary is always a handy tool to have when writing poems, sometimes it’s also helpful to have lists of rhyming words that are all in the same category. Some rhyme list