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alliteration
noun as in figure of speech
Weak matches
- adumbration
- allegory
- allusion
- analogue
- analogy
- anaphora
- anticlimax
- antistrophe
- antithesis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- asyndeton
- bathos
- comparison
- conceit
- device
- echoism
- ellipsis
- euphemism
- euphuism
- exaggeration
- expression
- flourish
- flower
- hyperbole
- image
- imagery
- irony
- litotes
- malapropism
- manner of speaking
- metaphor
- metonymy
- onomatopoeia
- ornament
- oxymoron
- parable
- paradox
- parallel
- personification
- proteron
- rhetoric
- sarcasm
- satire
- simile
- stylistic device
- synecdoche
- trope
- tropology
- turn of phrase
- understatement
- way of speaking
noun as in repetition
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in rhyme
Example Sentences
Cruz’s campaign has launched a “Crazy Colin” website but, alliteration aside, it hasn’t been an easy sell.
The alliteration continued with appellations like “Vindictive, vile villain violates voters’ vision” – truly a gem from Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas.
“I hear alliteration is back in style.”
And, yes, there were omissions, which, for the sake of alliteration and search engine optimization, we’ll call “snubs.”
This year, there is no brothel-based alliteration to be shared, as the proprietors decided to stick this one out.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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