Antonyms for poetic
poʊˈɛt ɪkpo·et·ic

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1. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

2. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

3. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

4. poeticadjective

   Antonyms:
   prosaic

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. poetic, poeticaladjective

   of or relating to poetry

   "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"

   Antonyms:
   literal, unrhetorical

   Synonyms:
   poetical

2. poeticadjective

   characterized by romantic imagery

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

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical, literal

   Synonyms:
   poetical

3. poeticadjective

   of or relating to poets

   "poetic insight"

   Antonyms:
   literal, unrhetorical

   Synonyms:
   poetical

4. poetic, poeticaladjective

   characteristic of or befitting poetry

   "poetic diction"

   Antonyms:
   literal, unrhetorical

   Synonyms:
   poetical

How to use poetic in a sentence?

1. Joseph Brodsky:

   The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

2. Randolph Silliman Bourne:

   No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and jagged - in some places perhaps irreparably - our life has been, we cannot in our heart of hearts imagine how it could have been different. As we look back on it, it slips in behind us in orderly array, and, with all its mistakes, acquires a sort of eternal fitness, and even, at times, of poetic glamour.

3. Spiegel Grau:

   Prince is a towering figure in global culture and his music has been the soundtrack for untold numbers of people — including me — for more than a generation; his creative genius has provided the musical landscape of our lives, millions of words have been written about Prince — books and articles, essays and criticism — but we're thrilled to be publishing Prince's powerful reflections on his own life in his own incandescently vivid, witty, and poetic voice.

4. 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.

5. Cicero:

   The freedom of poetic license.

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