Alliteration Definition

ə-lĭtə-rāshən
alliterations
noun
alliterations
The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds.
American Heritage
Repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc. (Ex.: “What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells!”)
Webster's New World
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
Wiktionary
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Alliteration

Noun

Singular:
alliteration
Plural:
alliterations

Origin of Alliteration

  • From Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and litera (“a letter”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From ad– Latin littera letter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to alliteration using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

alliteration