Synonyms of rhythms

rhythms

noun

plural of rhythm

as in cadences

the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity

the steady rhythm of the rain falling on the roof

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cadences
• beats
• drums
• emphases
• meters
• accents
• throbs
• measures
• stresses
• movements
• backbeats
• accentuations
• swings
• sways
• hexameters
• lilts
• pentameters
• tetrameters
• trimeters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rhythms

Obialo silences certain layers while modulating others, nestling rhythms like honeycombs. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

Shorter days alter light exposure, which affects circadian rhythms, the internal biological processes that regulate sleep, alertness and mood. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Why seasons change affects your mood As daylight hours decrease in fall and winter, changes in light exposure disrupt circadian rhythms, the internal biological processes that regulate sleep, alertness and mood. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026

What’s Happening Shorter days are already disrupting circadian rhythms, the internal biological processes that regulate sleep, alertness and mood. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Reggaeton came from Puerto Rico, by way of reggae en español; her lyrics and rhythms were different, and the people collaborating with her came from electronica, not the island. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Late last week, the urgent selling in semiconductors and data-center equities and debt resembled the sort of forced-unwind rhythms from July, when a big upstart tech hedge fund was in the process of being all but liquidated. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Beat writing—its jumpy jazz rhythms light and alliterative, so unlike Faulkner’s sonorous throat clearings—did not jive with McCarthy’s other influences. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Poetic structure, such as cadence, meter and rhyme, invokes rhythms that tie into human heartbeats and breathing. — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026