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rhyming

rhyming

1.6
Words that have the same sound at the end, like cat and hat
  • adjective
  • /ˈraɪmɪŋ/
translation icon : rimante
  • Consistency is part of being peculiar, consistently generous, consistently showing up, rhyming with yourself in a way that you're proud of.

What it indicated was that people see rhyming sentences as more believable than ones that don't rhyme.

Examples

  • That's that, that calm, you know, style of rhyming where you didn't have to be as ferocious on the mic.

  • Many children's songs use rhyming words to make them more fun and memorable.

  • You know it's all about rhyming number and number, right?

  • No, I need to know, but something rhyming with Amazon.

  • It's literally rhyming movement with movement, so to speak.

  • You see here Prufrock has moved into these rhyming tersets.

  • I mean, there is of course rhyming, internal rhyming and a metrical measure that's going on that has to be kept whole.

  • That might be a rhyming couplet, a sonnet, a dress, a table, a car, a glass bottle.

  • And the sestina is not just about virtuoso rhyming, it's also about rhythm, about beat.

  • Although he did write some rhyming poems, some sonnets and a few rhyming poems, Campos did.

Synonyms

rhymed
vsrhyming
1 3.2

Having the same end sounds in lines or words

covers the same case but also includes matching syllable sounds
riming
vsrhyming
  • Archaic
7.8

Words, often in poems, that end with the same sound

is the broader form including words, syllables, or lines
end-rhymed
vsrhyming
  • Literature
7.0

A poem with rhymes at the ends of its lines

is broader, covering matching sounds in words, syllables, or lines

Antonyms

unrhymed
  • Literature
6.4

Not having lines that end with the same sounds

Compounds

2 9.9

A kind of slang in which people replace a word with a rhyming phrase and often leave out the rhyme

How Well

perfect rhyme
  • Literature
1 4.8
rhyming
1.6
eye rhyme
  • Literature
8.9

Surface Forms

rhyming positive

Morphology

rhyming = rhyme (transparent) = rhyme + ing

Standard adjectival/gerundial formation from the verb 'rhyme' with -ing; meaning is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

The word rhyming comes from the old word rhyme, which is related to rhythm and once meant a regular 'flow' or 'pattern' of sound. So rhyming means words that match in sound, especially at the end, like 'cat' and 'hat'.