cadent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of CADENT

marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound <the song's cadent repetitions quickly became mesmerizing>

Synonyms cadenced, cadent, measured, metrical (or metric)

Related Words even, metronomic (also metronomical), regular, steady, uniform; lilting, musical, swaying

Antonyms arrhythmic, nonmetrical, unmeasured, unrhythmic

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