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Definitions for Assonance
[1] resemblance of sounds.
[2] Also called vowel rhyme. Prosody . rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence.
[3] partial agreement or correspondence.
[4] the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
[5] partial correspondence; rough similarity
Words related to Assonance
chant, inflection, refrain, theme, music, lyric, unison, consonance, run, strain, aria, song, concord, chime, air, euphony, lay, measure, carillon, resonance
Words nearby Assonance
associative learning, associative neuron, associative storage, assoil, assoluta, assonance, assort, assortative mating, assorted, assortment, assr
Origin of Assonance
1720–30; < French, equivalent to asson(ant ) sounding in answer (see as-, sonant) + -ance -ance
Other words from Assonance
as·so·nant , adjective, noun
as·so·nan·tal [as-uh -nan -tl] /ˌæs əˈnæn tl/ , as·so·nan·tic , adjective
non·as·so·nance , noun
non·as·so·nant , adjective, noun
Word origin for Assonance
C18: from French, from Latin assonāre to sound, from sonāre to sound
Synonyms for Assonance
chant, inflection, lyric, music, refrain, theme, air, aria, carillon, chime, concord, consonance, descant, diapason, euphony, lay, measure, melodiousness, musicality, resonance, run, song, strain, tunefulness, unison