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adjective

variants also riming
Definition of rhymingnext
as in rhythmical

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rhyming

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verb

variants also riming
present participle of rhyme
as in coinciding
to be in agreement on every point the new results don't rhyme with what we found out before

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyming
  1. coinciding
  2. rhythmic
  3. corresponding
  4. poetic
  5. harmonizing
  6. metric
  7. metrical
  8. poetical
Verb
  • And, coinciding with the holiday, the space station could easily double as Santa's sleigh to innocent eyes.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The study show that a major volcanic pulse occurred about 30,000 years before the impact, coinciding with at least a 5 degrees cooling of the climate.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of coinciding
Adjective
  • Sometimes a sketch lives or dies because of some rhythmic alchemy.
    Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The soundtrack has very rhythmic sound comments – Chemical Brothers style – and not many melodies.
    Billboard Italy, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of rhythmic
Verb
  • The Tampa Bay Times reviewed nearly 600 storm tracks and corresponding sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean basin over the last four decades.
    Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The value of the gross estate is recalculated, and the corresponding tax liability is adjusted.
    Ashley Case, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of corresponding
Adjective
  • Originally written as a play, skin & bones, with its poetic and evocative prose, is a fervent exploration of Blackness, fatness, sisterhood and motherhood, faith and family.
    Shyla Watson, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Magee recalled how uniquely present Carter was during their conversation, and how poetic.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of poetic
Verb
  • Big Star itself has become a readymade part of rock’s usable past—but only as a caricature, a band harmonizing on nostalgic love songs.
    Mitch Therieau, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Emphasizing empathy and fostering transparent communication is crucial to harmonizing well-being with productivity.
    Forbes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of harmonizing
Adjective
  • The labor force participation rate inched up from 61.5% to 62.5% over the last four years (the metric looks at the proportion of working-age Americans who are or want to be employed).
    Derek Saul, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Even his supporters would acknowledge Everton have regressed in just about every key performance metric this season.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of metric
Adjective
  • Since it was usually written in the form of a memorable metrical couplet, the epigram became portable through time as well as space.
    A.E. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The show ended in the exact right place and, to me, at the exact right time, before these spineless creatures and their metrical reflections and rejoinders became more self-parodic than intended.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
Definition of metrical
Adjective
  • For armchair travelers and avid trip planners alike, Wine & Travel Italy evokes the spirit of Bel Paese (Beautiful Country), the popular poetical appellative for Italy.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • There is a real dangerous poetical syndrome sweeping America that must be cured.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024
Definition of poetical
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