to rhyme

Examples

• All

• Children are asked to identify rhyming word pairs from the text and then brainstorm additional rhyming words.

  Academic text (2002)

• It's harder to rhyme, but he's a really nice guy.

• The poet, usually young, but sometimes in his old age, has discovered his power to rhyme and what he thinks is rhythm.

  Academic text (2012)

• - I attempted to rhyme the lyric.

  The Raven (2012)

• Poems don't always have to rhyme, you know.

  Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

• I like to rhyme, I like my beats funky

  All Eyez on Me (2017)

• I can rhyme too!

  The Month of August (2002)

• Beyond that, elementary school introduced me to a whole world of poems that rhymed with cat and bat.

  Academic text (2011)

• In his latest song, the artist expertly rhymes words about love and loss.

• Children often enjoy rhyming words like 'cat' and 'hat' during language lessons.

Synonyms

R

to rime

vsto rhyme

• Archaic

1 9.9

To have the same ending sound as another word

is the modern common verb for composing verses with matching line endings

Idioms

R

rhyme or reason

• Informal

9 6.6

Having no clear reason or order

W

without rhyme or reason

• Informal

1 6.8

In a random way with no clear reason

H

he who said the rhyme did the crime

• Informal

9.9

Saying a rhyme to blame someone shows you are the guilty person

Phrasal Verbs

R

to rhyme with

28 3.2

Share the same or similar last sound as another word

Compounds

N

nursery rhyme

• Literature

12 1.3

A short traditional song or poem for young children

I

internal rhyme

• Literature

1 7.3

A pair of words in the same line of a poem that end with the same sound

P

perfect rhyme

• Literature

1 4.8

The vowel sound and the sound after it at the ends of lines match exactly

B

beginning rhyme

• Literature

6.0

Repetition of the same sound at the start of stressed words or syllables in a line of verse

C

consonant rhyme

• Literature

7.6

A repeat of consonant sounds at the ends of words to make lines sound similar

D

double rhyme

• Literature

7.5

A rhyme where the last two syllables of each word sound the same

E

eye rhyme

• Literature

8.9

Words that look similar in writing but sound different

M

masculine rhyme

• Literature

8.4

A rhyme where the last syllable has the main stressed vowel sound

H

head rhyme

• Literature

8.6

The same first sound at the start of important words in a line of poetry

I

initial rhyme

• Literature

7.4

Repeating the same consonant sound at the start of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

R

rhyme off

• Informal

9.3

A contest where people make rhymes aloud

R

rhyme royal

• Literature

9.9

A group of seven lines in a poem with the rhyme pattern ababbcc

V

vowel rhyme

• Literature

7.1

A repetition of similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables, as in day and say

How Regular

to rhyme

31 2.5

sonnet

• Literature

29 6.2

blank verse

• Literature

1 7.7

prose poem

• Literature

1 7.1

vers libre

• Literature

9.9

Surface Forms

Etymology