Meaning

(countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form).

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)
2. A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
3. (countable) A word that rhymes with another.
4. (uncountable) Rhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words.
5. (linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
6. (informal, African-American Vernacular, hip hop) An instance of rapping; a rapped verse; a line or couple lines of rapping; a hip hop song.
7. (informal, by extension, African-American Vernacular, hip hop, always plural) A rapper's oeuvre, lyricism or skill.
8. (obsolete) Number.

Example Sentences

Many editors say they don’t want stories written in rhyme these days.

Libels are caſt againſt thee in the ſtreete, / Ballads and rimes made of thy ouerthrovv.

Thou, thou, Lyſander, thou haſt giuen her rimes, / And interchang'd loue tokens vvith my childe: […]

VVhen in the Chronicle of vvaſted time, / I ſee diſcriptions of the faireſt vvights, / And beautie making beautifull old rime, / In praiſe of Ladies dead, and louely Knights, […]

I thought, if I could dravv my paines, / Through Rimes vexation, I ſhould them allay, / Griefe brought to numbers cannot be ſo fierce, / For, he tames it, that fetters it in verſe.

Tennyson’s rhymes

Norse poetry is littered with rhymes like “sól … sunnan”.

Rap makes use of rhymes such as “money … honey” and “nope … dope”.

Word Forms

• rhymes
• rime
• rhime
• rhyming
• rhymed

Synonyms for rhyme

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When Should You Use Rhyme?

Use rhyme when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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