Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense rhymes, present participle rhyming, past tense, past participle rhymed
1. verb
If one word rhymeswith another or if two words rhyme, they have a very similar sound. Words that rhyme with each other are often used in poems.
June always rhymes with moon in old love songs. [VERB + with]
I only write poetry that rhymes. [VERB]
...a singer rhyming 'eyes' with 'realise'. [VERB noun + with]
...rhymed couplets. [VERB-ed]
[Also V n (non-recip)]
Synonyms: sound like, chime, harmonize More Synonyms of rhyme
2. verb
If a poem or song rhymes, the lines end with words that have very similar sounds.
To make it rhyme he seems to have chosen the first word that came into his head. [VERB]
...rhyming couplets. [VERB-ing]
3. countable noun
A rhyme is a word which rhymes with another word, or a set of lines which rhyme.
The one rhyme for passion is fashion. [+ for]
The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
4. countable noun
A rhyme is a short poem which has rhyming words at the ends of its lines.
He was teaching Helen a little rhyme.
5. See also nursery rhyme
6. uncountable noun
Rhyme is the use of rhyming words as a technique in poetry. If something is written in rhyme, it is written as a poem in which the lines rhyme.
Porter stayed within the rules of rhyme.
The plays are in rhyme.
7.
See rhyme or reason
More Synonyms of rhyme
rhyme in British English
or archaic rime (raɪm)
noun
1.
identity of the terminal sounds in lines of verse or in words
2.
a word that is identical to another in its terminal sound
"while" is a rhyme for "mile"
3.
a verse or piece of poetry having corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines
the boy made up a rhyme about his teacher
4.
any verse or piece of poetry
5. rhyme or reason
verb
6.
to use (a word) or (of a word) to be used so as to form a rhyme; be or make identicalin sound
7.
to render (a subject) into rhyme
8.
to compose (verse) in a metrical structure
See also masculine rhyme, feminine rhyme, eye rhyme
Derived forms
rhymeless (ˈrhymeless) or rimeless (ˈrimeless)
adjective
Word origin
C12: from Old French rime, from rimer to rhyme, from Old High German rīm a number; spelling influenced by rhythm
rhyme in American English
(raɪm)
noun
1.
a piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, esp. at the ends of lines
2.
such verse or poetry in general
3.
correspondence of sound between stressed syllables at the ends of words or lines of verse; specif., perfect rhyme (sense 1)
4.
a word that corresponds with another in sound, esp. end sound
verb intransitiveWord forms: rhymed or ˈrhyming
5.
to make verse, esp. rhyming verse
6.
to form a rhyme
“more” rhymes with “door”
7.
to be composed in metrical form with rhymes
8.
to be in accord or agreement
the eyewitness accounts rhyme on the essential points
verb transitive
9.
to put into rhyme
10.
to compose in metrical form with rhymes
11.
to use as a rhyme or rhymes
Idioms:
rhyme or reason
Word origin
ME rime < OFr < rimer, to rhyme, prob. < Frank *rim, row, series, akin to OE, OHG rim, series, number < IE *rei- (> OIr rim, number) < base *are-, to join, fit (> UNRESOLVED CROSS REF, ratio, rite): form infl. by assoc. with L rhythmus, rhythm
More idioms containing
rhyme
without rhyme or reason
Examples of 'rhyme' in a sentence
rhyme
Was there any rhyme or reason to the lists?
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
With his voice kept in condition by singing loads of nursery rhymes, those concerts will be a doddle.
The Sun (2016)
One of the last things she was able to do, in fact, was to sing nursery rhymes with her granddaughter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
History rarely repeats itself but it often rhymes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You could make it rhyme or make it seasonal or current.
The Sun (2014)
With such a restricted musical language his ideal subjects should be train timetables or nursery rhymes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There was rhythm and rhyme before written language.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There seems no rhyme or reason why our beautiful game finds itself in such a mess.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The changes proposed did not have much rhyme or reason about them.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
There is little rhyme or reason about the links between these melancholic vignettes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He professed to feeling proudest of all about lending his name to rhyming slang.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is a gloss upon this rhyme that makes it perhaps a little clearer.
Travers, P L What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)
Hide under the duvet singing nursery rhymes to yourself?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is no rhyme or reason to it.
The Sun (2007)
His team includes a cop who speaks in rhyming poetry and a huge woman who can sleep standing up.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He did not always use rhyme.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Understand form and rhyme and metre.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Do you use a rhyming dictionary?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
While history rarely repeats itself, it often rhymes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Those are Americans to those of you not versed in the poetry of rhyming slang.
The Sun (2011)
The rhymes and rhythms lure you onwards - but you often land up in a sombre place.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I put my heart and soul into those verses and rhymes.
The Sun (2013)
If you jump into this play head first and go for the romance of rhyme, the verse comes alive.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Remember the old nursery rhyme?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Stories ran about her for months in the national press and poems and nursery rhymes echoed around the North East about her.
The Sun (2015)
In other languages
rhyme
British English: rhyme VERB
If one word rhymes with another or if two words rhyme, they have a very similar sound. Words that rhyme with each other are often used in poems.
They gave their children names that rhyme.
American English: rhyme
Brazilian Portuguese: rimar
Chinese: 押韵诗、歌曲
European Spanish: rimar
French: rimer
German: sich reimen
Italian: far rima
Japanese: 韻を用いる
Korean: 시나 노래가 운이 맞다
European Portuguese: rimar
Latin American Spanish: rimar
British English: rhyme NOUN
A rhyme is a word which rhymes with another word, or a set of lines which rhyme.
The one rhyme for passion is fashion.
American English: rhyme
Brazilian Portuguese: rima
Chinese: 韵诗歌中的
European Spanish: rima
French: rime
German: Reim
Italian: parola che fa rima
Japanese: 韻
Korean: 운
European Portuguese: rima
Latin American Spanish: rima
All related terms of 'rhyme'
end rhyme
a rhyming of the ends of two or more lines of verse
eye rhyme
a rhyme involving words that are similar in spelling but not in sound, such as stone and none
full rhyme
rhyme between words in which the stressed vowels and any succeeding consonants are identical although the consonants preceding the stressed vowels may be different, as between part/ hart or believe / conceive
half-rhyme
a rhyme in which the vowel sounds are not identical , such as years and yours
near rhyme
a rhyme in which the vowel sounds are not identical , such as years and yours
rhyme royal
a stanzaic form introduced into English verse by Chaucer , consisting of seven lines of iambic pentameter rhyming a b a b b c c
rich rhyme
→ rime riche
slant rhyme
rhyme in which there is close but not exact correspondence of sounds ( Ex .: lid , lad ; wait , made )
nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a poem or song for young children, especially one that is old or well known .
perfect rhyme
rhyme between words in which the stressed vowels and any succeeding consonants are identical although the consonants preceding the stressed vowels may be different, as between part/ hart or believe / conceive
rhyme scheme
the pattern or arrangement of rhymes within a poem or verse
feminine rhyme
a rhyme between words in which one, two, or more unstressed syllables follow a stressed one, as in elation , nation or merrily, verily
imperfect rhyme
Prosody See slant rhyme
internal rhyme
rhyme that occurs between words within a verse line
masculine rhyme
a rhyme between stressed monosyllables or between the final stressed syllables of polysyllabic words
rhyme or reason
If something happens or is done without rhyme or reason , there seems to be no logical reason for it to happen or be done.
without rhyme or reason
happening without any logical or obvious reason
Chinese translation of 'rhyme'
rhyme
(raɪm)
n
(c) (sound, word) 同韵(韻)词(詞) (tóngyùncí)
(c) (= verse) 押韵(韻)诗(詩) (yāyùnshī)
(u) (= technique) 押韵(韻) (yāyùn)
vi
押韵(韻) (yāyùn)
to rhyme with sth与(與)某词(詞)押韵(韻) (yǔ mǒu cí yāyùn)
without rhyme or reason毫无(無)道理 (háo wú dàolǐ)
(noun)
Definition
a piece of poetry with corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines
He has taught her a little rhyme.
Synonyms
poem
a tender autobiographical poem set to music
song
a voice singing a Spanish song
verse
He wrote a verse about her pride and sense of accomplishment.
ode
ditty
piece of poetry
metrical composition
(verb)
Definition
(of a word) to form a rhyme with another word
June always rhymes with moon in old love songs.
Synonyms
sound like
chime
harmonize
The music had to harmonize with the seasons.
idiom
See rhyme or reason
Additional synonyms
in the sense of harmonize
Definition
to make or become harmonious
The music had to harmonize with the seasons.
Synonyms
match,
accord,
suit,
blend,
correspond,
tally,
chime,
coordinate,
go together,
tone in,
cohere,
attune,
be of one mind,
be in unison
in the sense of song
Definition
a piece of music with words, composed for the voice
a voice singing a Spanish song
Synonyms
ballad,
air,
tune,
lay,
strain,
carol,
lyric,
chant,
chorus,
melody,
anthem,
number,
hymn,
psalm,
shanty,
pop song,
ditty,
canticle,
canzonet,
choon (slang),
waiata (New Zealand)
in the sense of verse
Definition
a poem
He wrote a verse about her pride and sense of accomplishment.