Synonyms for poetic
poʊˈɛt ɪkpo·et·ic

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

2. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

3. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

4. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. poetic, poeticaladjective

   of or relating to poetry

   "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"

   Synonyms:
   poetical

   Antonyms:
   literal, unrhetorical

2. poeticadjective

   characterized by romantic imagery

   "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"

   Synonyms:
   poetical

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical, literal

3. poeticadjective

   of or relating to poets

   "poetic insight"

   Synonyms:
   poetical

   Antonyms:
   literal, unrhetorical

4. poetic, poeticaladjective

   characteristic of or befitting poetry

   "poetic diction"

   Synonyms:
   poetical

   Antonyms:
   literal, unrhetorical

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. poeticadjective

   Synonyms:
   metrical

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "poetic":

   poetry, poet, righteous

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1. W. H. Auden:

   Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are shaggy dog stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.

2. Louis Leterrier:

   What I am now is his deputy, there is no one more beautifully imaginative, creatively poetic, hard-working, visionary than Lisa Henson. This man has changed the world... No creative force has had this impact on kids and adults the way Lisa Henson has had.

3. Lorenzo Lynch:

   I think that's a poetic description of what has happened and poetry, like most language, is limited but it does have wings ... to carry a point, Giuliani pushes for Lynch confirmation 'A moderately tough confirmation' Senate Republicans adamantly deny the delay in scheduling a vote on Lynch's nomination is because she is African-American. Many point out that Lynch, if confirmed, would be replacing the country's first African-American attorney general who was confirmed by an overwhelming margin. Instead, Republicans and Democrats say the delay is part of an ongoing partisan battle. For some, it's part of a fight over a human trafficking bill that has stalled in the Senate. For others, the delay is retaliation for President Obama's 2014 executive actions on immigration. On the eve of Holder's announcement of his plans to leave the Department of Justice, the political number crunchers at FiveThrirtyEight.com predicted whoever the President nominated would.

4. Erik Pevernagie:

   Cherries can be very poetic and appealing, when we pick them from our garden tree. If we understand, they have flown thousands of miles for our pleasure, in winter time, they become, however, an item of suspicion and acerbity. (“No cherries anymore in winter time” )

5. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   Consequently, Sylvia Plath’s elevated position among literary figures has extolled her from the depths of depression to the heights of heavenly poetic bliss.”