(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.; "But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth centu…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.
26,102
words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593
searchable synonym connections
350,924
published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning
Ottava rima
a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc
42
useful connections shown
0 reviewed relationships and
42 broader connections.
Reviewed set in progress
No hand-reviewed synonym set has been published for this word yet.
The broader connections below can still help you explore, but they are labelled by the evidence joining the words and should not automatically be treated as substitutes.
Explore further
Words from the same subject
These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.
Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular ser…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular number…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stanza, eight, lines, heroic, verse.
All dictionary tools
Explore Academic Dictionary
The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.
Aa
Dictionary
Definitions and meanings
⇄
Thesaurus
Synonyms with nuance
¶
Academic writing
Evidence and analysis
✓
Professional
Workplace vocabulary
⌛
Word origins
Etymology and roots
∑
Subjects
Specialist dictionaries
⠿
Word clusters
Connected vocabulary
≈
Word similarity
Compare two words
#
Crossword
Play with vocabulary