
rhapsodic | rhapsodic: adj. rhapsodical, ecstatic, enthusiastic, elated, overjoyed, effusive, rapturous, thrilled, blissful, transported, orgasmic, intoxicated, euphoric, walking on air, delighted, intoxicated, happy as a sandboy, happy as a pig in clover, (sitting) on top of the world, Brit in the seventh heaven, US in seventh heaven, happy as a cow in clover, Taboo slang US happy as a pig in shit: What kind of society have we that is scornful of intellect and rhapsodic about celebrities?
rhetoric | rhetoric: n. 1 eloquence, expressiveness, elocution, way with words, Colloq gift of the gab: His rhetoric, though it defied analysis, exactly reflected the emotions of the Labour movement. 2 bombast, bluster, fustian, rodomontade, grandiloquence, magniloquence, oratory, windiness, high-flown poppycock, wordiness, sesquipedality, verbosity, prolixity, long-windedness, turgidity, flatulence, gasconade, Colloq hot air, puffery: Her threats are mere rhetoric and I refuse to take notice of them.
rhetorical | rhetorical: adj. 1 stylistic, linguistic, poetic, expressive, oratorical: Zeugma, hysteron proteron, and anacoluthon are all terms for rhetorical devices. 2 artificial, contrived, for effect, unanswerable, not literal: The question, ''Why don''t you drop dead'', was purely rhetorical. 3 pretentious, bombastic, flamboyant, extravagant, florid, fustian, high-flown, inflated, grandiose, euphuistic, turgid, grandiloquent, magniloquent, long-winded, windy, orotund, wordy, prolix, sesquipedalian, Colloq highfalutin or hifalutin: The rhetorical style of Crampton''s parliamentary speeches appear to be doing the party more harm than good.
rhyme | rhyme: n. 1 rime, poem, poetry, verse, versification, metrical composition, song: The art of rhyme may well be coincident with the earliest stages of language. 2 rhyme or reason. (common) sense, logic, intelligence, meaning, wisdom, rationality, rationale, soundness, organization, structure: There appears to be no rhyme or reason behind the bombing of the library.
rhythm | rhythm: n. tempo, beat, cadence or cadency, throb, throbbing, accent, accentuation, time, timing, stress or rhythmic(al) pattern, measure, metre, pulse, lilt, Music downbeat, thesis, upbeat, arsis: The song is in samba rhythm.
rhythmic | rhythmic: adj. rhythmical, measured, cadenced, throbbing, pulsing, pulsating, regular, steady, beating: The rhythmic sound of the waves soon sent me to sleep.
