rhyme

Pronunciation

• enPR: rīm, IPA ^(key): /raɪm/
• SAMPA: /raIm/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: rime

Verb

Plain form rhyme

Third-person singular rhymes

Past tense rhymed

Past participle rhymed

Present participle rhyming

1. If two words rhyme the end of the words sounds the same.

   The words "day" and "way" rhyme.

2. If you rhyme, you say words that rhyme.

   Rhyming is a good way to remember some things.

Noun

Singular rhyme

Plural rhymes

1. A rhyme is two words (or a word and a phrase) that end with the same sound, including at least one vowel sound.

   "Agree" and "degree" make a rhyme, and "rhyme" and "time" are also a rhyme.

Related words

• nursery rhyme