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Adjective: assonant  a-su-nunt
  1. (rhyme) having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
    "note the assonant words and syllables in 'tilting at windmills'"
     
  2. Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables

See also: rhymed, rhyming, riming, same

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