correspondence in the sound of words or their final syllables, esp those at the ends of consecutive or alternate lines of verse
a word that corresponds with another in this way
‘Bought’ is a rhyme for ‘taut’
rhyming verse, or a poem written in such verse
rhyme or reason
good sense, reasonableness, or logic
without rhyme or reason
rhymeless adj
[alteration of Middle English rime from Old French, from Latin rhythmus: see rhythm]