Monorhyme

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A poem or rhyme scheme whose lines all end with the same rhyme.

    "Until 1629 no other rhyme scheme approaches the importance of monorhyme; in 1655–1729 alternating rhyme numbers over half of the total output, and for two of the next three generations it drops down to about a third."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a single rhyme not-comparable

Example

More examples

"Until 1629 no other rhyme scheme approaches the importance of monorhyme; in 1655–1729 alternating rhyme numbers over half of the total output, and for two of the next three generations it drops down to about a third."

Etymology

From mono- + rhyme.

Related phrases

rhyme scheme

More for "monorhyme"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.