Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cadence

3 senses of cadence

Sense 1
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence -- ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
       => poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody -- ((prosody) a system of versification)

Sense 2
cadence -- (the close of a musical section)
       => passage, musical passage -- (a short section of a musical composition)

Sense 3
cadence, cadency -- (a recurrent rhythmical series)
       => rhythmicity -- (the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music)