rhyme

¹rhyme

noun \ˈrīm\

Definition of RHYME

1

a (1) : rhyming verse (2) : poetry b : a composition in verse that rhymes

2

a : correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (as two or more words or lines of verse) b : one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound c : correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: as (1) : alliteration (2) : internal rhyme

3

: rhythm, measure

— rhyme·less adjective

Variants of RHYME

rhyme also rime \ˈrīm\

Examples of RHYME

1. She used “moon” as a rhyme for “June.”
2. He couldn't think of a rhyme for “orange.”
3. They're learning about meter and rhyme.

Origin of RHYME

Middle English rime, from Anglo-French

First Known Use: 13th century

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with RHYME

chime, climb, clime, crime, cyme, dime, disme, grime, lime, mime, prime, rime, slime, stime, thyme, time