CADENCED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

cadenced

adjective

Definition of cadenced

as in rhythmic

marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound a very cadenced voice, as one would expect of an instructor in a meditation class

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Recent Examples of cadenced Your grandfather was a traditionalist, the farmer told me, in cadenced, emphatic Italian. — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026

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rhythmic

Adjective

Karrahboooo’s flow, kind of like Veeze or Lucki, manages to feel both laid back and conversational and deeply and intricately rhythmic, an almost enchanting combination made more potent by Karrahbooo’s almost dance-leaning sense of melody.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2026
The researchers, who reported their findings in PLOS Biology, also screened 124 recordings from the vast wildlife sound archive xeno-canto and identified 50 species with regular rhythmic signals.

— Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026

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