rhyming

/ˈraɪmɪŋ/
/ˈraɪmɪŋ/
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Definitions of rhyming
  1. adjective
    having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds
    “rhyming words”
    synonyms: rhymed, riming
    alliterative
    having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
    assonant
    having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
    end-rhymed
    rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses
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