Synonyms for PROSE
proʊzpros·e

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1. prosenoun

   Antonyms:
   verse, poetry

2. prosenoun

   to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way

   Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.

   Antonyms:
   verse, poetry

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. prose

   Synonyms:
   prosaic speech, prosaic writing

   Antonyms:
   meter, metrical composition, numbers, poem, poesy, poetry, rime, song, verse

Princeton's WordNet

1. prosenoun

   ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

2. prosenoun

   matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

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1. • Expressive Style
   • Writing Style

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1. Lee Strasberg:

   A great actor is independent of the poet; because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in the prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.

2. Beverly Nichols:

   Marriage: a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.

3. Salman Rushdie:

   If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you're dumb and blind.

4. Iowa President Barack Obama:

   (S)he’s extraordinarily experienced — and, you know, wicked smart and knows every policy inside and out — (and) sometimes (that) could make her more cautious, and her campaign more prose than poetry.

5. Unknown:

   A novel is a piece of prose of a certain length with something wrong with it.