rime

1. 1.

   be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable

   “hat and cat rhyme”

   Synonymsrhyme

   Broadermatch

   Narrowerassonate
2. 2.

   compose rhymes

   Synonymsrhyme

   Broadercreate verbally

   Narrowertagalliterate

   poetry

Other forms of rime

plural

rimes·

past tense

rimed·

present participle

riming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rime

What does rime mean?

rime means "ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rime?

rime has 1 syllable: rime. In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪm/.

What is another word for rime?

Close synonyms include frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rhyme, 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.

Is rime a common word?

rime is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with rime?

1 word rhymes with rime. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.