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. President Barack Obama:

   Her strengths, which are the fact that she’s extraordinarily experienced, and, you know, wicked smart and knows every policy inside and out, sometimes could make her more cautious and her campaign more prose than poetry.

2. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

   You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.

3. 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.

4. Louis-Ferdinand Céline:

   To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them!

5. 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.