Alliterate: alternatives and connections

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Alliterate

To employ or place so as to make alliteration.

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Rhyme 76% connected

An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rime 76% connected

A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alliteration 74% connected

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable