half rhyme

noun

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.

Similar
near rhymequasi-rhymeslant rhyme
Opposite
exact rhymefull rhymeperfect rhyme
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Meanings

nounhalf rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural half rhymes)

plural half rhymes

  1. uncountableA 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.

    Synonyms: near rhyme, quasi-rhyme, slant rhyme · Antonyms: exact rhyme, full rhyme, perfect rhyme

  2. countableAn instance of this form of rhyme.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
near rhymequasi-rhymeslant rhyme
Opposite
exact rhymefull rhymeperfect rhyme
Also see
near rhyme
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