Nursery Rhyme

Synonyms of nursery rhyme

• lullaby
• children's song
• folk rhyme

Antonyms of nursery rhyme

• serious poem
• adult poem
• complex verse

Collocations of nursery rhyme

old woman

Frequency: 70 %

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

little lamb

Frequency: 60 %

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.

jack and jill

Frequency: 50 %

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

humpty dumpty

Frequency: 45 %

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

mary quite contrary

Frequency: 35 %

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Idiomatic Expressions for nursery rhyme

• Phrase: stick to you like a nursery rhyme
  Meaning: to be memorable or difficult to forget, like a nursery rhyme that stays in your head
  Usage: The catchy jingle stuck to me like a nursery rhyme, and I couldn't stop humming it all day.