POETIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for POETIC?

Need another word that means the same as “poetic”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “poetic” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Poetic” are: poetical, in verse, metrical, rhythmical, formal, written, expressive, figurative, symbolic, flowery, moving, aesthetic, artistic, tasteful, graceful, elegant, elevated, fine, beautiful

Poetic as an Adjective

Definitions of "Poetic" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “poetic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Of or relating to poetry.
• Characteristic of or befitting poetry.
• Of or relating to poets.
• Characterized by romantic imagery.
• Written in verse rather than prose.
• Relating to or used in poetry.
• Having an imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression.

Synonyms of "Poetic" as an adjective (19 Words)

aesthetic	Aesthetically pleasing. Aesthetic feeling.
artistic	Having or revealing natural creative skill. Artistic workmanship.
beautiful	Pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically. A beautiful theory.
elegant	Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style. Small churches with elegant white spires.
elevated	Of high moral or intellectual value elevated in nature or style. This hotel has an elevated position above the village.
expressive	Conveying (a specified quality or idea. The spires are expressive of religious aspiration.
figurative	Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical. The figurative art of the humanistic tradition.
fine	Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. The soils were all fine silt.
flowery	Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details-John Milton. A flowery speech.
formal	Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements as e g of formal dress. A formal dinner party.
graceful	Having or showing grace or elegance. She was a tall girl slender and graceful.
in verse	Holding office.
metrical	Of or involving measurement. Metrical equivalents.
moving	Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion. The moving parts of the machine.
poetical	Characteristic of or befitting poetry. A poetical genius.
rhythmical	Recurring with measured regularity- John Galsworthy. Rhythmical prose.
symbolic	Using symbolism. Symbolic thinking.
tasteful	Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming. A tasteful lounge bar.
written	Written as for a film or play or broadcast. Written laws.

Usage Examples of "Poetic" as an adjective

• Turner's vision of the rainbow…was poetic.
• Poetic works.
• A poetic romance.
• A poetic drama.
• The muse is a poetic convention.
• The orchestral playing was colourful and poetic.
• Poetic diction.

Associations of "Poetic" (30 Words)

analogy	The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate. Works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature.
anthology	A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing. A double CD anthology of Moby Grape the legendary Sixties San Francisco band.
aphorism	A short pithy instructive saying. The debate begins and ends at the level of aphorism with commentators saying that something must be done.
conceptual	Relating to or based on mental concepts. The schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking.
epic	Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic. The business of getting hospital treatment soon became an epic.
epigram	A witty saying. A Wildean epigram.
figurative	Not literal; using figures of speech. Figurative language.
hyperbole	Extravagant exaggeration. You can t accuse us of hyperbole.
language	Coarse or offensive language. He recorded the spoken language of the streets.
liken	Point out the resemblance of someone or something to. Racism is likened to a contagious disease.
literature	The humanistic study of a body of literature. The literature on environmental epidemiology.
lyric	A lyric poem or verse. Lyric poems of extraordinary beauty.
metaphor	A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. Her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor.
metaphorical	Characteristic of or relating to metaphor; figurative. A metaphorical expression.
metonymy	Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads.
ode	A lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre.
opus	A separate composition or set of compositions. He was writing an opus on Mexico.
parallelism	The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, metre, meaning, etc. Parallelism suggests a connection of meaning through an echo of form.
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. The genius of poesy.
poetry	Something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty. She glanced at the papers and saw some lines of poetry.
quatrain	A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
rhetorical	Relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric. Mere rhetorical frippery.
rhyme	Of a poem or song be composed in rhyme. Gravel can be interpreted as an absurd rhyme for travel.
similarity	The quality of being similar. The similarity of symptoms makes them hard to diagnose.
simile	The use of similes as a method of comparison. His audacious deployment of simile and metaphor.
sonnet	Celebrate in a sonnet. He sonneted his hostess now.
stanza	A group of four lines in some Greek and Latin metres.
tautology	Useless repetition. The statement he is brave or he is not brave is a tautology.
verse	Speak in or compose verse versify. Verse drama.