Antonyms for rhyming

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : rahym

Phonetic Transcription : raɪm

Definition of rhyming

Origin : "agreement in terminal sounds," 1560s, partially restored spelling, from Middle English ryme, rime (c.1200) "measure, meter, rhythm," later "rhymed verse" (mid-13c.), from Old French rime (fem.), related to Old Provençal rim (masc.), earlier *ritme, from Latin rithmus, from Greek rhythmos "measured motion, time, proportion" (see rhythm).
In Medieval Latin, rithmus was used for accentual, as opposed to quantitative, verse, and accentual verse usually was rhymed, hence the sense shift. Persistence of older form is due to popular association with Old English rim "number," from PIE root *re(i)- "to reason, count" (see read (v.)). Phrase rhyme or reason "good sense" (chiefly used in the negative) is from late 15c. (see reason (n.)). Rhyme scheme is attested from 1931. Rhyme royal (1841) is a stanza of seven 10-syllable lines rhymed a-b-a-b-b-c-c.

As in poetry : noun expressive, rhythmic literary work
As in measuring : noun weighing
As in measure : verb calculate, judge

Example sentences :

Well, since rhyming's been my ruin, let me rhyme to the bitter end.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

In most plays the verses are arranged in rhyming couplets only.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Will this be excuse enough for occupying a few sentences with the rhyming of this poem?
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

I have enclosed you a piece of rhyming ware for your perusal.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

He took precociously to rhyming: like Pope, he lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton

"I used to be rather clever at rhyming things, Pearl," he said.
Extract from : « Pearl and Periwinkle » by Anna Graetz

I wish you could have heard him rhyming off that poetry last night.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

I now turn attention to the rhyming of the lines in Negro verse.
Extract from : « Negro Folk Rhymes » by Thomas W. Talley

A rhyming intimation that exposure to the sun is not favourable to beauty.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

I'll show you that rhyming's as easy as lying,If you'll listen to me while the art I unfold.
Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various

Synonyms for rhyming

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