rhymeverb [ I or T ]
uk/raɪm/us/raɪm/C2 Words that rhyme have the same last sound:
"Blue" and "flew" rhyme.
Can you think of a word that rhymes with "orange"?
More examples
- 'Bat and 'cat' rhyme.
- 'Side' and 'hide' rhyme.
- 'Hit' and 'sit' rhyme.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Literature
- alliteration
- antihero
- arch-villain
- baddy
- ballad
- bard
- dramatist
- epigram
- hero
- heroine
- iambic
- ingénue
- limerick
- pantomime
- poetry
- prose poem
- prosody
- psalm
- quatrain
- stylistics
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rhymenoun
uk/raɪm/us/raɪm/[ C ] a word that has the same last sound as another word:
Can you think of a rhyme for "orange"?
C2 [ C ] a short poem, especially for young children:
a book of rhymes and songs
See also
nursery rhyme
C2 [ U ] the use of rhymes in poetry:
This poem is her first attempt at rhyme.
in rhyme
C2 written as a poem so that the word at the end of a line has the same last sound as a word at the end of another line:
A lot of modern poetry is not written in rhyme.
[ C ] specialized also rime phonetics the vowel in the middle of a syllable, and any sounds after it in the syllable
Compare
coda
onset
More examples
- Putting information into a rhyme can help you to remember it.
- She is best remembered for her illustrations for books of children's rhymes.
- The rhymes help children to appreciate the sounds and rhythms of language.
- A lullaby is a type of children's rhyme.
- The exhibition includes a rare edition of a collection of rhymes printed in 1781.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Literature
- alliteration
- antihero
- arch-villain
- baddy
- ballad
- bard
- dramatist
- epigram
- hero
- heroine
- iambic
- ingénue
- limerick
- pantomime
- poetry
- prose poem
- prosody
- psalm
- quatrain
- stylistics
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Idiom(s)
be no/without rhyme or reason