Definitions for: Assonant


[adj] having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
[adj] having the same sound (especially vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"



Webster (1913) Definition: As"so*nant, a. [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to
sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound,
sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See Sound.]
1. Having a resemblance of sounds.

2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called
assonance; not consonant.

Synonyms: rhymed, rhyming, rimed, riming, same

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