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Definitions for Rhythm

[1] movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
[2] Music . the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats. a particular form of this: duple rhythm; triple rhythm.
[3] measured movement, as in dancing.
[4] Art , Literature . a patterned repetition of a motif, formal element, etc., at regular or irregular intervals in the same or a modified form.
[5] the effect produced in a play, film, novel, etc., by the combination or arrangement of formal elements, as length of scenes, speech and description, timing, or recurrent themes, to create movement, tension, and emotional value in the development of the plot.
[6] Prosody . metrical or rhythmical form; meter; cadence. a particular kind of metrical form. metrical movement.
[7] the pattern of recurrent strong and weak accents, vocalization and silence, and the distribution and combination of these elements in speech.
[8] Physiology . the regular recurrence of an action or function, as of the beat of the heart, or the menstrual cycle.
[9] procedure marked by the regular recurrence of particular elements, phases, etc.: the rhythm of the seasons.
[10] regular recurrence of elements in a system of motion.
[11] the arrangement of the relative durations of and accents on the notes of a melody, usually laid out into regular groups (bars ) of beats, the first beat of each bar carrying the stress any specific arrangement of such groupings; time quadruple rhythm
[12] (in poetry) the arrangement of words into a more or less regular sequence of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables any specific such arrangement; metre
[13] (in painting, sculpture, architecture, etc) a harmonious sequence or pattern of masses alternating with voids, of light alternating with shade, of alternating colours, etc
[14] any sequence of regularly recurring functions or events, such as the regular recurrence of certain physiological functions of the body, as the cardiac rhythm of the heartbeat

Words related to Rhythm

pattern, tempo, flow, pulse, swing, cadence, movement, cadency, uniformity, downbeat, rhyme, measure, meter, lilt, regularity, bounce, time, periodicity, metre

Words nearby Rhythm

rhyming slang, rhynchocephalian, rhynchophore, rhyolite, rhys, rhythm, rhythm and blues, rhythm band, rhythm method, rhythm section, rhythm stick

Origin of Rhythm

1550–60; < Latin rhythmus < Greek rhythmós; compare rheîn to flow

Words that may be confused with Rhythm

rhyme, rhythm

Other words from Rhythm

rhythm·less , adjective
non·rhythm , noun

Word origin for Rhythm

C16: from Latin rhythmus , from Greek rhuthmos ; related to rhein to flow

Synonyms for Rhythm

cadence, flow, movement, pattern, pulse, swing, tempo, bounce, cadency, downbeat, lilt, measure, meter, metre, periodicity, regularity, rhyme, time, uniformity, rise and fall