SONGLIKE Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

songlike

adjective

Definition of songlike

as in rhythmic

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Adjective

The machines flashed with bright lights and played rhythmic sounds.

— New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
One of the naturally occurring patterns of electrical activity in the brain is rhythmic neural firing at a frequency of 40 hertz, referred to as the gamma frequency.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of rhythmic

Adjective

The film’s wondrously street-lyrical patter, its emblematic phrases and inflections, amount to a vast act of world-building—a lost milieu brought back to life in bygone clichés.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
The book is a rich and lyrical telling of her childhood as the daughter of a dynasty of Manhattan wine sellers; her days on the New York City club scene of the late ’90s; her culinary studies, acting auditions, and restaurant jobs; and more.

— Tarajia Morrell, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of lyrical

Adjective

Rather than a static image with music, a lyric video with different imagery can also help increase views on social media platforms.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Some songs are difficult to follow without lyric sheets in hand, and even then, the internal logic collapses, baiting you in with coherent ideas before going in another direction.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of lyric

Adjective

Toward the end, the tropical bolero suddenly morphs into a lilting bossa nova segment — almost as if the record itself chose to embrace the power of beauty over chaos and satire.

— Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026
His voice, captured on an iPhone microphone, is strikingly deep, a rumble beneath McDoom’s sweetly lilting delivery.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of lilting

Adjective

Ziggy Marley was headlining the show with Burning Spear, and the air was thick with the sound of harmonic lineage.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
But at times, the caliber of their technical and harmonic choices sounds arty and sophisticated.

— Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of harmonic

Adjective

Machover’s brilliant new half-hour orchestral score asks AI for agency.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
On orchestral tracks, like the opening scene to The Gospel According to the Other Mary by John Adams, the headphones also sounded very good.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of orchestral

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