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assonant

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All of the words in the first list are quite long and fantastical, whereas the latter are fairly common assonant word pairs.

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Quick take

(prosody) A sound that is assonant.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(prosody) A sound that is assonant.

adjective

(prosody) Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for assonant.

Example sentences

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All of the words in the first list are quite long and fantastical, whereas the latter are fairly common assonant word pairs.

2

I don't see how you can ask people to self report in a circumstance like this and get anything but cognitively assonant responses.

3

It's more conversationally natural for me to refer to the yard adjoining my property as 'my backyard' than my landlord to (who likely has a yard of his own for which that is more semantically assonant).

4

To be, or not to be (parallel contrast, Hamlet) light of my life, love of my loins (allteration, Lolita) Rise and shine (assonant i) Rinse and repeat (alliterative r) Lock and load (alliterative l) Wax on, wax off (parallel contrast) Don't know about Netflix and chill - I want to say there's good assonance and consonance there, but I might be pushing.

5

I think it's just meant to be assonant with "carnivore".

6

Assonant and slightly inappropriate's the way I like my condiment nicknames.

Quote examples

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I think it's just meant to be assonant with "carnivore".

Proper noun examples

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Assonant and slightly inappropriate's the way I like my condiment nicknames.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use assonant in a sentence?

All of the words in the first list are quite long and fantastical, whereas the latter are fairly common assonant word pairs.

What does assonant mean?

(prosody) A sound that is assonant.

What part of speech is assonant?

assonant is commonly used as noun, adjective.