English

Noun

half rhyme ‎(plural half rhymes)

1. An imperfect rhyme in which the final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound, but the vowels of the stressed syllables are not.

Synonyms

• near rhyme

Hypernyms

• rhyme

Hyponyms

• pararhyme

Coordinate terms

• full rhyme, perfect rhyme

See also

• slant rhyme