Associations to the word «Assonant»

Noun

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Wiktionary

ASSONANT, adjective. Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.

Dictionary definition

ASSONANT, adjective. Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'".
ASSONANT, adjective. Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King