assonance
Plural: assonances
Noun
- the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
Origin / Etymology
From French assonance, from Latin assonāre; by surface analysis, a- + son- + -ance.
Synonyms
vowel rhyme
Scrabble Score: 11
assonance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordassonance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
assonance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
assonance: valid Words With Friends Word