initial 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”

   Synonymsalliterationbeginning rhymehead rhyme

   Broaderrhyme

Questions about initial rhyme

What does initial rhyme mean?

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

What is another word for initial rhyme?

Close synonyms include alliteration, beginning rhyme, head 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.