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Synonyms for rime

Most common

frost hoar hoar frost rhyme ream

All synonyms

Noun

1. Frost — ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface

frost, hoar frost, hoar

Other

rhyme, ream

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.

Related words

Word family
rimed rimy riming rimeless

Forms

Plural
rimes → frosts, hoars, rhymes, reams…

Choose the right word

Rime, Verse, Meter or Poetry?

Failing this, there may be verse, rime, and meter, but not poetry.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • frost The frost was such that the birds fell on the fly.
  • hoar Senator Hoar spoke strongly against the treaty.
  • rhyme History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rimesteady
frostfalling
hoarsteady
rhymesteady
reamfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
ream1, hoar1
5 letters
frost1, rhyme1

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