true rhyme

noun

1. full rhyme.

Word History and Origins

Origin of true rhyme¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

So it has definitely moved and it's in its last two stanzas towards much something much closer to a true rhyme.

Read more on The New Yorker

There is no true rhyme or reason to morality or life on “Fargo.”

Read more on Los Angeles Times

In this week’s Popcast, I talk hip-hop with Mr. Miranda — the songs that were important to him as a teenager, the rappers who inspired specific characters and scenes in his work, and whether Stephen Sondheim’s obsession with true rhyme is the same as New York hip-hop purism.

Read more on New York Times

Assonance must never be mistaken for true rhyme, and combinations like boats-float or them-brim should be avoided.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

The rhyming is a little uneven, and in one case assonance is made to answer for true rhyme.

Read more on Project Gutenberg