head rhyme

1. 1.

   use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

   “around the rock the ragged rascal ran”

   Synonymsalliterationinitial rhymebeginning rhyme

   Broaderrhyme

Questions about head rhyme

What does head rhyme mean?

head rhyme means "use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse".

What is another word for head rhyme?

Close synonyms include alliteration, initial rhyme, beginning rhyme. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.