variants
or less commonly rime
2
a
: correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such 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: such as
(1)
(2)
rhymeless
adjective
variants
or less commonly rime
rhymed also rimed; rhyming also riming
1
: to relate or praise in rhyming verse
2
a
: to put into rhyme
b
: to compose (verse) in rhyme
c
: to cause to rhyme : use as rhyme
1
: to make rhymes
also
: to compose rhyming verse
2
of a word or verse
: to end in syllables that are rhymes
3
: to be in accord : harmonize
rhymer
noun
Synonyms
Examples of rhyme in a Sentence
Noun
She used “moon” as a rhyme for “June.”
He couldn't think of a rhyme for “orange.”
They're learning about meter and rhyme.
Verb
Please find the two lines that rhyme.
She rhymed “moon” with “June.”
Recent Examples on the Web
Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Nas’ vocal command, silk-smooth delivery, and the potency of his poetic rhymes elevated each track.
—Earl Hopkins, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2024
The impertinent Squirrel Nutkin, who plagues a taciturn old owl with incessant riddles and rhymes, doesn’t know his place in the natural hierarchy.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
The couplets exemplify his greatest strengths in tandem: his slick diction and knack for stacking multi-syllabic rhymes together.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
The 25-year-old credits the slick rhymes on the trunk-rattling single to the alcohol flowing through him during a November studio session in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024
There’s a little rhyme that the translator was able to squeeze in there, within a single line.
—Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024
Researchers attributed this trend to rap songs’ tendency to repeat lines and rhymes.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Energy, the raw stuff of creation, is coming at you all the time, in hints, clues, rhymes, or blasts of inspiration.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2024
Overall, the analysis revealed that songs now use more rhyming words and choruses.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Nearly all of the invitations followed the same format: a clever rhyming couplet at the top offered a snippet of homespun poetry, …
… followed by a euphemism advertising the main event.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Avoid names that rhyme with sit or stay, for example.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2024
Because baseball sometimes rhymes, several months later, Rocktober brought Helton and the Red Sox together — only as opponents in the postseason.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2024
There are rhyming forms all over the canvas: triangles, crescents, spiky starbursts and tongues, stubby fingers and egg-like heads with open mouths.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
And tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and okra don’t like anything that even rhymes with cool or drafty!
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2024
Others included messages, written or rhymed aloud, that Norfolk said romanticized life as a gang leader.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
Noun
While many of Swift's songs rhyme, it’s not required in poetry.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Nas’ vocal command, silk-smooth delivery, and the potency of his poetic rhymes elevated each track.
—Earl Hopkins, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2024
The impertinent Squirrel Nutkin, who plagues a taciturn old owl with incessant riddles and rhymes, doesn’t know his place in the natural hierarchy.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
The couplets exemplify his greatest strengths in tandem: his slick diction and knack for stacking multi-syllabic rhymes together.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
The 25-year-old credits the slick rhymes on the trunk-rattling single to the alcohol flowing through him during a November studio session in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024
There’s a little rhyme that the translator was able to squeeze in there, within a single line.
—Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024
Researchers attributed this trend to rap songs’ tendency to repeat lines and rhymes.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Energy, the raw stuff of creation, is coming at you all the time, in hints, clues, rhymes, or blasts of inspiration.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
Verb
Max assisted her and became the shamas, which rhymes with promise and means the caretaker or sexton of a synagogue.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2024
Overall, the analysis revealed that songs now use more rhyming words and choruses.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Nearly all of the invitations followed the same format: a clever rhyming couplet at the top offered a snippet of homespun poetry, …
… followed by a euphemism advertising the main event.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Avoid names that rhyme with sit or stay, for example.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2024
Because baseball sometimes rhymes, several months later, Rocktober brought Helton and the Red Sox together — only as opponents in the postseason.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2024
There are rhyming forms all over the canvas: triangles, crescents, spiky starbursts and tongues, stubby fingers and egg-like heads with open mouths.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
And tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and okra don’t like anything that even rhymes with cool or drafty!
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2024
Others included messages, written or rhymed aloud, that Norfolk said romanticized life as a gang leader.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
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