Antonyms of adj assonant

2 senses of assonant

Sense 1
assonant -- (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'")

INDIRECT (VIA same) -> different -- (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one")

Sense 2
assonant -- (having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables)

INDIRECT (VIA rhymed) -> unrhymed, unrimed, rhymeless, rimeless -- (not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net")

Similarity of adj assonant

2 senses of assonant

Sense 1
assonant -- (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'")
       => same (vs. different) -- (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year")

Sense 2
assonant -- (having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables)
       => rhymed (vs. unrhymed), rhyming, riming -- (having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words")

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