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Showing words for ASSONANT using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Assonant
[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 Assonant
assonancemelodic, tuneful, musical, accordant, agreeable, clear, dulcet, euphonious, mellifluous, mellow, pleasing, resonant, soft, sweet, symphonic, euphonic, harmonic, symphonious, canorous, concordant
Words nearby Assonant
assonanceassociative learning, associative neuron, associative storage, assoil, assoluta, assonance, assort, assortative mating, assorted, assortment, assr
Origin of Assonant
ce1720–30; < French, equivalent to asson(ant ) sounding in answer (see as-, sonant) + -ance -ance
Other words from Assonant
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 Assonant
ceC18: from French, from Latin assonāre to sound, from sonāre to sound
Synonyms for Assonant
accordant, agreeable, canorous, clear, concordant, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonic, in tune, mellifluous, mellow, pleasing, resonant, silvery, soft, songful, sweet, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuned, tuneful, well-tuned