half rhyme en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A form of imperfect rhyme in which the final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound, but the vowels of the stressed syllables are not.
- (countable) An instance of this form of rhyme.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| half rhymes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
exact rhyme · perfect rhyme · full rhyme
Hypernyms
imperfect rhyme · rhyme · concord