perfect rhyme

American  

noun

1. rhyme of two words spelled or pronounced identically but differing in meaning, as rain, reign; rich rhyme.

2. full rhyme.

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perfect rhyme British  

noun

1. Also called: full rhyme.  rhyme between words in which the stressed vowels and any succeeding consonants are identical although the consonants preceding the stressed vowels may be different, as between part/hart or believe/conceive

2. a rhyme between two words that are pronounced the same although differing in meaning, as in bough/bow

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Example Sentences

I like making words fit together like puzzle pieces, and coming up with the perfect rhyme.

From Literature

A note on the rhyming: This rap contest differs from other Invite poetry and song contests in that the Empress won’t demand “perfect rhyme,” especially in a video; normally she’d just trash-toss “rappin’ ”/“Latin,” as in the Che-Guy example.

From Washington Post

The 25th James Bond film is due for release in April; which means that, somewhere on the planet, one of pop's biggest stars is holed up in a recording studio, trying to find the perfect rhyme for No Time To Die.

From BBC

Of course, to Adams “fire” and “desire” may be the perfect rhyme.

From Salon

“I will rhyme it as I run along, and when I hesitate and can not make good sense and a perfect rhyme, we’ll go to sleep.”

From Project Gutenberg