assonant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite 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. adjective satellite having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables

WordNet

As"so*nant adjective
Etymology
L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See Sound.
Definitions
  1. Having a resemblance of sounds.
  2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.

Webster 1913