Alliterate

/əˈlɪ.tə.ɹeɪt/

Synonyms for "alliterate" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Verb(2 words)
consonantal alliterationinitial alliteration

Strong matches (3)

Verb(2 words)
phonetic repetitionpoetic technique

Related words (6)

Verb(3 words)
rhetorical usagesound repetitionstylistic usage

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
linguistic deviceliterary deviceliterary techniquerhetorical devicerhymerime

More specific

3 entries
consonantal alliterationinitial consonant alliterationinternal alliteration

Collocations

5 entries
alliterative phraseconsonantal alliterationinitial consonant alliterationpoetic alliterationrhetorical alliteration

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is a strophe of six lines, of which the first and second and the fourth and fifth belong together, while the third and sixth are independently alliterated.

Source: wiktionary

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