| a. | 1. | Having a resemblance of sounds. |
| 2. | (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant. |
| Adj. | 1. | assonant - 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. | assonant - having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables |