The best verses, more especially pentameters, are written on the principle of attracting and fixing the attention to their close.
Source: wiktionary
Pentameter
//pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "pentameter" (31 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 7 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- pentameter noun (line in a poem)
Finnish
2 entries- pentametri noun (line in a poem)
- pentametri noun (poetic metre)
French
2 entries- pentamètre noun (poetic metre)
- pentasyllabe noun (line in a poem)
German
2 entries- Fünfheber noun (line in a poem)
- Fünfheber noun (poetic metre)
Hungarian
2 entries- pentameter noun (line in a poem)
- pentameter noun (poetic metre)
Polish
2 entries- pentametr noun (poetic metre)
- pięciostopowiec noun (poetic metre)
Romanian
2 entries- pentametru noun (line in a poem)
- pentametru noun (poetic metre)
Sample sentences
1 total sentences available.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.