rhythm

Meaning

1. The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
2. A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
3. A flow, repetition or regularity.
4. The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
5. The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
6. A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
7. Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
8. A person's natural feeling for rhythm.

Synonyms

beat

cadence

tempo

meter

time

⌚

tone

melody

weight

musical rhythm

tune

cycle

metre

rhythm method

rhythm method of birth control

intonation

speech rhythm

style

round

rhythmics

calendar method

calendar method of birth control

regular recurrence

state of health

strain

swing

trend

vein

way

cadency

safe period

musical temperament

spur of the moment

rhythmicity

rhythm section

rhyme-scheme

cyclical variation

meter

accent

metre

accordance

condition

congruity

equalization

harmonic

harmonically

harmony

impetus

key

🔑

knack

lilt

manner

measure

mood

musical time

pace

pitch

prosody

pulse

regularity

song

🎶

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪð.əm/

Etymology

First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, run, stream, gush”).

Sentences

I love rhythm and blues !