to rhyme

Examples

• All

• If this is the case, chances are good that you might not want to rhyme it.

  Academic text (2009)

• If it does not rhyme, discuss what is wrong.

  Academic text (2015)

• Wait, that didn't rhyme, did it?

  Jacket (2018)

• A sample item required the child to say a word that rhymed with "far."

  Academic text (2006)

• For example, the examiner asked the child if the words fan and man rhymed.

  Academic text (2006)

• Many children enjoy songs that rhyme, making it easier to remember the lyrics.

• The poet skillfully rhymes the last words of each line to create a melodic flow.

• Can you think of a word that rhymes with 'light' for our poem?

Synonyms

R

to rhyme with

vsto rhyme

28 3.2

Share the same or similar last sound as another word

is the general verb for ending with a corresponding sound in words

R

to rime

vsto rhyme

• Archaic

1 9.9

To have the same ending sound as another word

is the common modern term for the same matching end sounds

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 Exact

perfect rhyme

• Literature

1 4.8

to rhyme

53 1.3

eye rhyme

• Literature

8.9

Surface Forms

Etymology