assonate 1
verbdomain: v state
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance
Examples
- 1.The accented vowels assonated in this poem
Hypernym
rhyme 2
verb
be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
EnglishDerivationally related form
assonant 2
adjective
having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
assonant 1
adjective
having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
assonance 1
noun
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
