Meanings
comparative more rhythmic · superlative most rhythmic · alternative rythmic · alternative rhythmick
- Of or relating to rhythm.
The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies.
2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 226 - Characterized by rhythm.
- With regular, repetitive motion or sound.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
- Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
- Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
- Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
- Englishrhythmic
From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ритмичен
- ритмичен (ritmičen)of or relating to rhythm
Catalan rítmic, rítmic
- rítmicof or relating to rhythm
- rítmiccharacterized by rhythm
Chinese Mandarin 節律的 /节律的
- 節律的 /节律的 (jiélǜ de)of or relating to rhythm
Dutch ritmisch, ritmisch
- ritmischof or relating to rhythm
- ritmischcharacterized by rhythm
- ritmischwith regular, repetitive motion or sound
Esperanto ritma
- ritmacharacterized by rhythm
Finnish rytmikäs
- rytmikäsof or relating to rhythm
German rhythmisch, rhythmisch
- rhythmischof or relating to rhythm
- rhythmischcharacterized by rhythm
- rhythmischwith regular, repetitive motion or sound
Māori manawataki
- manawatakicharacterized by rhythm
Portuguese rítmico, rítmico
- rítmicoof or relating to rhythm
- rítmicocharacterized by rhythm
- rítmicowith regular, repetitive motion or sound
Russian ритми́чный
- ритми́чный (ritmíčnyj)of or relating to rhythm
Scottish Gaelic ruitheamail, ruitheamail
- ruitheamailof or relating to rhythm
- ruitheamailcharacterized by rhythm
- ruitheamailwritten in verse, especially rhyming verse
- ruitheamailwith regular, repetitive motion or sound
Spanish rítmico, rítmico
- rítmicoof or relating to rhythm
- rítmicocharacterized by rhythm
- acompasadocharacterized by rhythm
- cadenciosocharacterized by rhythm
Ukrainian ритмі́чний, ритмі́чний
- ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj)of or relating to rhythm
- ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj)characterized by rhythm
- ритмі́чний (rytmíčnyj)with regular, repetitive motion or sound
Welsh rhythmig, rhythmig
- rhythmigof or relating to rhythm
- rhythmigcharacterized by rhythm
- rhythmigwith regular, repetitive motion or sound
Cite this entry
rhythmic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhythmic
“rhythmic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhythmic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rhythmic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhythmic.
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