perfect rhyme

noun

A form of rhyme in which the vowels and final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound.

Similar
full rhymeexact rhymetrue rhyme
Opposite
imperfect rhymehalf rhymequasi-rhymenear rhymeinternal rhyme
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Meanings

nounperfect rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural perfect rhymes)

plural perfect rhymes

  1. uncountableA form of rhyme in which the vowels and final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound.

    Synonyms: full rhyme, exact rhyme, true rhyme · Antonyms: imperfect rhyme, half rhyme, quasi-rhyme, near rhyme, internal rhyme

  2. countableAn instance of this form of rhyme.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of rhyme in which the vowels and final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound.

Similar
full rhymeexact rhymetrue rhyme
Opposite
imperfect rhymehalf rhymequasi-rhymenear rhymeinternal rhyme
Also see
true rhyme
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Chicago

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