the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
2.
partial correspondence; rough similarity
Derived forms
assonant (ˈassonant)
adjective, noun
assonantal (ˌæsəˈnæntəl)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from French, from Latin assonāre to sound, from sonāre to sound
assonance in American English
(ˈæsənəns)
noun
1.
likeness of sound, as in a series of words or syllables
2. Prosody
repetition of a vowel sound in stressed syllables in which the consonant sounds are unlike (Ex.: late, make)
Derived forms
assonant (ˈassonant) (ˈæsənənt)
adjective, noun
Word origin
Fr < L assonans, prp. of assonare, to sound in answer < ad-, to + sonare, sound1, v.