The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words.

synonym: consonant rhyme.

Roget 23: agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord etc. 714; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding.    conformity etc. 82; conformance; uniformity etc. 16; consonance, consentaneousness^†, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union.    fitness, aptness etc. adj.; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey^†; sortance^†; case in point; aptitude, coaptation^†, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation etc. (relation) 9.    adaption^†, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation.    consent etc. (assent) 488; concurrence etc. 178; cooperation etc. 709.    right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the thing.    ... show more

Roget 413: melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme etc. (poetry) 597.    pitch, timbre, intonation, tone.    scale, gamut; diapason; diatonic chromatic scale^†, enharmonic scale^†; key, clef, chords.    modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution.    staff, stave, line, space, brace; bar, rest; appoggiato^†, appoggiatura^†; acciaccatura^†.    note, musical note, notes of a scale; sharp, flat, natural; high note etc. (shrillness) 410; low note etc. 408; interval; semitone; second, third, fourth &c.; diatessaron^†.    breve, semibreve [Mus.], minim, crotchet, quaver; semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver; sustained note, drone, burden.    tonic; key note, leading note, fundamental note; supertonic^†, mediant^†, dominant; submediant^†, subdominant^†; octave, tetrachord^†; major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode; passage, phrase.    concord, harmony; emmeleia^†; unison, unisonance^†; chime, homophony; euphony, euphonism^†; tonality; consonance; consent; part.    [Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics; thorough-bass, fundamental-bass; counterpoint; faburden^†.    piece of music etc. 415 [Fr.]; composer, harmonist^†, contrapuntist (musician) 416.    ... show more

Roget 16: uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness; consistency; connaturality^†, connaturalness^†; homology; accordance; conformity etc. 82; agreement etc. 23; consonance, uniformness.    regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine; monotony.    ... show more

Polish: konsonans

The property of sounding harmonious.

synonym: harmoniousness.

Polish: konsonans