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The synonyms of “Anthology” are: collection, compilation, treasury, digest, selection, compendium, miscellany, pot-pourri
Anthology as a Noun
Definitions of "Anthology" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “anthology” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A collection of songs or musical compositions issued in one album.
- A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
- A collection of selected literary passages.
Synonyms of "Anthology" as a noun (8 Words)
| collection | A sum of money raised during a church or charity collection. Refuse collection. |
| compendium | A publication containing a variety of works. A compendium of tools. |
| compilation | The action or process of producing something, especially a list or book, by assembling information collected from other sources. Great care has been taken in the compilation of this guidebook. |
| digest | A substance or mixture obtained by digestion. A digest of their findings. |
| miscellany | A book containing a collection of pieces of writing by different authors. A miscellany of houses. |
| pot-pourri | A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. |
| selection | A plot of land acquired by selection. The restaurant offers a wide selection of hot and cold dishes. |
| treasury | A depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely. The landowners estates and assets were seized for the imperial treasury. |
Usage Examples of "Anthology" as a noun
- An anthology of European poetry.
- A double-CD anthology of Moby Grape, the legendary Sixties San Francisco band.
Associations of "Anthology" (30 Words)
| author | Be the author of. I had to read authors I disliked. |
| bard | Shakespeare. Our national bard Robert Burns. |
| bestseller | A book that has had a large and rapid sale. The bestseller list. |
| epic | The genre of epics. Epic tradition. |
| epigram | A witty saying. A Wildean epigram. |
| epistemology | The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion. |
| fiction | Literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people. The notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction. |
| literate | A literate person. Computer literate. |
| literature | The humanistic study of a body of literature. Her place in literature is secure. |
| minstrel | Celebrate by singing in the style of minstrels. They listened to the minstrels singing songs of knightly prowess. |
| narration | A commentary delivered to accompany a film, broadcast, etc. His narration was hesitant. |
| novel | The literary genre represented or exemplified by novels. He burned all the novels. |
| ode | A classical poem of a kind originally meant to be sung. |
| poem | A piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery. The sun is an important symbol in this poem. |
| poesy | The art or composition of poetry. They were enamoured of poesy and the fine arts. |
| poetic | Of or relating to poetry. The muse is a poetic convention. |
| poetics | The art of writing poetry. The terminology of traditional poetics. |
| poetry | Any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling. She glanced at the papers and saw some lines of poetry. |
| potboiler | A book, film, or other creative work produced solely to make the originator a living by catering to popular taste. |
| prose | Compose in or convert into prose. A short story in prose. |
| quatrain | A stanza of four lines. |
| read | Having a specified level of knowledge as a result of reading. I m reading English at Cambridge. |
| recite | Recite in elocution. She recited a poem. |
| rhapsody | (in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation. Rhapsodies of praise. |
| rhyme | Of a poem or song be composed in rhyme. Hat and cat rhyme. |
| sonnet | Compose sonnets. He sonneted his hostess now. |
| stanza | A group of four lines in some Greek and Latin metres. |
| verse | Speak in or compose verse versify. Verse drama. |
| write | Write music. If I could write the beauty of your eyes. |
| writer | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay. A CD writer. |