poet

Noun

Meaning

One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bard maker scribe laureate rhymer rhymester lyricist poetaster versifier shakespearean schiller palgrave pindar homer harper
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Antonyms

destroyer audience conclusion conservative amateur reader
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Hypernyms

author writer human individual person animal

Hyponyms

bard poet laureate elegist sonneteer odist poetess

Phrases with the word

poet's jasmine be a poet and not know it poet's daffodil poet's laurel poet angelou graveyard poet

Anagrams

tope peot Peto pote

Examples

God is the perfect poet. Robert Browning

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. Plato

A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet. Bob Dylan

It is not good to be the poet of a village. German Proverb

When you are very angry, don't go to a lawyer; when you are very hungry, don't be a poet. Chinese Proverb

A poet is born not made. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

poesie Poesque poesy poet angelou poet blouse poet laureate