ALLITERATION meaning: Repetition of initial consonant sounds

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word alliteration:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

alliteration: Merriam-Webster
alliteration: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
alliteration: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
alliteration: Collins English Dictionary
alliteration: Vocabulary.com
Alliteration, alliteration: Wordnik
alliteration: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
alliteration: Wiktionary
alliteration: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
alliteration: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
alliteration: Infoplease Dictionary
alliteration: Dictionary.com
alliteration: Online Etymology Dictionary
Alliteration (Latin), Alliteration: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Alliteration: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
alliteration: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
alliteration: Rhymezone
Alliteration (f), alliteration: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
alliteration: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Alliteration: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
alliteration: FreeDictionary.org
alliteration: Mnemonic Dictionary
alliteration: TheFreeDictionary.com
alliteration: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
alliteration: Merriam-Webster

Art (6 matching dictionaries)

Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
Alliteration: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples (No longer online)
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
Alliteration: A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
ALLITERATION: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

alliteration: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)

Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
▸ noun: The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Opposite:

assonance, consonance, rhyme, repetition

Phrases:

vocalic alliteration, opposite of alliteration, more...

Adjectives:

double, apt, heavy, excessive, more, single, frequent, triple, old, initial, regular

Colors:

blue, beige, burgundy, black, bronze, more...

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