meter

meter

noun

Definition of METER

the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity <the poem's heavy meter is meant to reinforce the atmosphere of gloom>

Synonyms beat, cadence, measure, meter

Related Words accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress; backbeat; drum, throb; lilt, movement, sway, swing; hexameter, pentameter, tetrameter, trimeter