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assonant definition

assonant


 
  Overview  of  adj  assonant 
 
  The  adj  assonant  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  assonant  --  (having  the  same  sound  (especially  vowel  sound)  occurring  in  successive  stressed  syllables;  "note  the  assonant  words  and  syllables  in  `tilting  at  windmills'") 
  2.  assonant  --  (having  the  same  vowel  sound  occurring  with  different  consonants  in  successive  words  or  stressed  syllables) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  assonant 
 
  2  senses  of  assonant 
 
  Sense  1 
  assonant 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  same)  ->  different 
 
  Sense  2 
  assonant 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rhymed)  ->  unrhymed,  unrimed,  rhymeless,  rimeless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  assonant 
 
  2  senses  of  assonant 
 
  Sense  1 
  assonant 
  =>  same  (vs.  different) 
 
  Sense  2 
  assonant 
  =>  rhymed  (vs.  unrhymed),  rimed,  rhyming,  riming 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  assonant 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  assonant 
 
  assonant  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  assonant 
  assonant 
 
  Overview  of  adj  assonant 
 
  The  adj  assonant  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  assonant  --  (having  the  same  sound  (especially  vowel  sound)  occurring  in  successive  stressed  syllables;  "note  the  assonant  words  and  syllables  in  `tilting  at  windmills'") 
  2.  assonant  --  (having  the  same  vowel  sound  occurring  with  different  consonants  in  successive  words  or  stressed  syllables) 



assonant definition