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Definitions for Rhyme

[1] identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
[2] a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind.
[3] verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines.
[4] a poem or piece of verse having such correspondence.
[5] verse(def 4) .
[6] to treat in rhyme, as a subject; turn into rhyme, as something in prose.
[7] to compose (verse or the like) in metrical form with rhymes.
[8] to use (a word) as a rhyme to another word; use (words) as rhymes.
[9] to make rhyme or verse; versify.
[10] to use rhyme in writing verse.
[11] to form a rhyme, as one word or line with another: a word that rhymes with orange.
[12] to be composed in metrical form with rhymes, as verse: poetry that rhymes.
[13] rhyme or reason , logic, sense, or plan: There was no rhyme or reason for what they did.
[14] identity of the terminal sounds in lines of verse or in words
[15] a word that is identical to another in its terminal sound ``while'' is a rhyme for ``mile''
[16] a verse or piece of poetry having corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines the boy made up a rhyme about his teacher
[17] any verse or piece of poetry
[18] rhyme or reason sense, logic, or meaning this proposal has no rhyme or reason
[19] to use (a word) or (of a word) to be used so as to form a rhyme; be or make identical in sound
[20] to render (a subject) into rhyme
[21] to compose (verse) in a metrical structure

Words related to Rhyme

poem, poetry, verse, cadence, rhythm, tune, song, beat, couplet, poesy, meter, harmony, measure, ode, doggerel, rune, alliteration, half-rhyme

Words nearby Rhyme

rhumb line, rhumb sailing, rhumba, rhumbatron, rhus, rhyme, rhyme or reason, no, rhyme royal, rhyme scheme, rhymester, rhyming slang

Origin of Rhyme

1250–1300; Middle English rime < Old French, derivative of rimer to rhyme < Gallo-Romance *rimāre to put in a row ≪ Old High German rīm series, row; probably not connected with Latin rhythmus rhythm, although current spelling (from c1600) apparently by association with this word

Words that may be confused with Rhyme

rhyme, rhythm

Other words from Rhyme

rhym·er , noun
in·ter·rhyme , verb (used without object), in·ter·rhymed, in·ter·rhym·ing.
mis·rhymed , adjective
non·rhyme , noun
non·rhymed , adjective
non·rhym·ing , adjective
out·rhyme , verb (used with object), out·rhymed, out·rhym·ing.
un·rhyme , verb (used with object), un·rhymed, un·rhym·ing.
well-rhymed , adjective

Word origin for Rhyme

C12: from Old French rime , from rimer to rhyme, from Old High German rīm a number; spelling influenced by rhythm

Synonyms for Rhyme

cadence, poem, poetry, rhythm, tune, verse, alliteration, beat, couplet, doggerel, harmony, measure, meter, ode, poesy, rune, song, half-rhyme, iambic pentameter, nursery rhyme, slant rhyme, vowel-chime