Poet

//ˈpoʊ.ət//

Synonyms for "poet" (113 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (34)

Related words (56)

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10 relation types

More general

2 entries

More specific

2 entries

Antonyms

4 entries

at location

9 entries

capable of

7 entries

derived

44 entries

Showing 16 of 44 words.

distinct from

1 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

99 entries

Showing 16 of 99 words.

used for

5 entries

Translations

212 translations across 117 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • digter noun (person who writes poems)

Albanian

1 entries
  • poet noun (person who writes poems)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ገጣሚ noun (person who writes poems)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ποιήτρια noun (person who writes poems)
  • ποιητής noun (person who writes poems)

Arabic

3 entries
  • شاعر noun (person who writes poems)
  • شَاعِر noun (person who writes poems)
  • شَاعِرَة noun (person who writes poems)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բանաստեղծ noun (person who writes poems)
  • բանաստեղծուհի noun (person who writes poems)
  • պոետ noun (person who writes poems)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries
  • ܡܵܚܘܿܪܬܵܐ noun (person who writes poems)
  • ܡܵܚܘܿܪܵܐ noun (person who writes poems)
  • ܡܵܫܘܿܚܬܵܐ noun (person who writes poems)
  • ܡܵܫܘܿܚܵܐ noun (person who writes poems)

Asturian

1 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • şair noun (person who writes poems)
  • şairə noun (person who writes poems)

Baluchi

2 entries
  • شاعر noun (person who writes poems)
  • شاہر noun (person who writes poems)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • шағир noun (person who writes poems)
  • шағирә noun (person who writes poems)

Basque

2 entries
  • olerkari noun (person who writes poems)
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Schriftstölarin noun (person who writes poems)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • паэ́т noun (person who writes poems)
  • паэ́тка noun (person who writes poems)
  • паэтэ́са noun (person who writes poems)

Bengali

2 entries
  • কবি noun (person who writes poems)
  • শায়ের noun (person who writes poems)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • пое́т noun (person who writes poems)
  • поете́са noun (person who writes poems)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ကဗျာဆရာ noun (person who writes poems)
  • ကဝိ noun (person who writes poems)
  • စာဆို noun (person who writes poems)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • пое́т noun (person who writes poems)

Catalan

1 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بوێژ noun (person who writes poems)

Chinese

2 entries
  • сыжын noun (person who writes poems)
  • 詩人 /诗人 noun (person who writes poems)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 詩人 /诗人 noun (person who writes poems)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 詩人 /诗人 noun (person who writes poems)

Czech

4 entries
  • básník noun (person who writes poems)
  • básnířka noun (person who writes poems)
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetka noun (person who writes poems)

Danish

2 entries
  • digter noun (person who writes poems)
  • digterinde noun (person who writes poems)

Dari

2 entries
  • شَاعِر noun (person who writes poems)
  • شَاعِرَه noun (person who writes poems)

Dutch

4 entries
  • dichter noun (person who writes poems)
  • dichteres noun (person who writes poems)
  • poëet noun (person who writes poems)
  • poëte noun (person who writes poems)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • poeto noun (person who writes poems)

Estonian

1 entries
  • luuletaja noun (person who writes poems)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • pueta noun (person who writes poems)

Faroese

3 entries
  • rímari noun (person who writes poems)
  • skald noun (person who writes poems)
  • yrkjari noun (person who writes poems)

Finnish

1 entries
  • runoilija noun (person who writes poems)

French

2 entries
  • poète noun (person who writes poems)
  • poétesse noun (person who writes poems)

Galician

1 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პოეტი noun (person who writes poems)

German

4 entries
  • Dichter noun (person who writes poems)
  • Dichterin noun (person who writes poems)
  • Poet noun (person who writes poems)
  • Poetin noun (person who writes poems)

Greek

2 entries
  • ποιήτρια noun (person who writes poems)
  • ποιητής noun (person who writes poems)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • કવિ noun (person who writes poems)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • powèt noun (person who writes poems)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מְשׁוֹרֵר noun (person who writes poems)
  • פַּיטָן \ פייטן noun (person who writes poems)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कवयित्री noun (person who writes poems)
  • कवि noun (person who writes poems)
  • शायर noun (person who writes poems)
  • शायरा noun (person who writes poems)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • költő noun (person who writes poems)
  • poéta noun (person who writes poems)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • ljóðskáld noun (person who writes poems)
  • skáld noun (person who writes poems)

Ido

1 entries
  • poeto noun (person who writes poems)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • mannaniw noun (person who writes poems)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • penyair noun (person who writes poems)
  • pujangga noun (person who writes poems)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • شاعِر noun (person who writes poems)
  • شاعِرِه noun (person who writes poems)

Irish

2 entries
  • bard noun (person who writes poems)
  • file noun (person who writes poems)

Italian

2 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetessa noun (person who writes poems)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 詩人 noun (person who writes poems)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕವಿ noun (person who writes poems)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ақын noun (person who writes poems)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កវី noun (person who writes poems)

Korean

1 entries
  • 시인 noun (person who writes poems)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • акын noun (person who writes poems)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກະວີ noun (person who writes poems)
  • ນັກແຕ່ງກາບກອນ noun (person who writes poems)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • ailinīks noun (person who writes poems)
  • poets noun (person who writes poems)

Latin

2 entries
  • poēta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poētria noun (person who writes poems)

Latvian

2 entries
  • dzejniece noun (person who writes poems)
  • dzejnieks noun (person who writes poems)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetas noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetė noun (person who writes poems)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • поет noun (person who writes poems)

Malay

1 entries
  • penyair noun (person who writes poems)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കവി noun (person who writes poems)

Maltese

2 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetessa noun (person who writes poems)

Marathi

2 entries
  • कवयित्री noun (person who writes poems)
  • कवी noun (person who writes poems)

Middle English

1 entries
  • poete noun (person who writes poems)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • шүлэгч noun (person who writes poems)
  • ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ noun (person who writes poems)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaitito toikupu noun (person who writes poems)

Nepali

1 entries
  • कवि noun (person who writes poems)

Norman

1 entries
  • poète noun (person who writes poems)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • helbestvan noun (person who writes poems)
  • şaîr noun (person who writes poems)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • dikter noun (person who writes poems)
  • poet noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetinne noun (person who writes poems)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • diktar noun (person who writes poems)
  • poet noun (person who writes poems)

Occitan

2 entries
  • poetessa noun (person who writes poems)
  • poèta noun (person who writes poems)

Odia

1 entries
  • କବି noun (person who writes poems)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċop noun (person who writes poems)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • поэт noun (person who writes poems)

Pali

1 entries
  • kavi noun (person who writes poems)

Pashto

1 entries
  • شاعر noun (person who writes poems)

Polish

2 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetka noun (person who writes poems)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetisa noun (person who writes poems)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਕਵੀ noun (person who writes poems)

Romanian

2 entries
  • poet noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetă noun (person who writes poems)

Russian

2 entries
  • поэ́т noun (person who writes poems)
  • поэте́сса noun (person who writes poems)

Samogitian

2 entries
  • puoets noun (person who writes poems)
  • puoetė noun (person who writes poems)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • कवि noun (person who writes poems)
  • काव्यम् noun (person who writes poems)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • bàrd noun (person who writes poems)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pjȅsnikinja noun (person who writes poems)
  • pjȅsnīk noun (person who writes poems)
  • pȅsnikinja noun (person who writes poems)
  • pȅsnīk noun (person who writes poems)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • pueta noun (person who writes poems)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • སྙན་ངག་མཁན noun (person who writes poems)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කවියා noun (person who writes poems)

Slovak

4 entries
  • básnik noun (person who writes poems)
  • básnička noun (person who writes poems)
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetka noun (person who writes poems)

Slovene

2 entries
  • pesnica noun (person who writes poems)
  • pesnik noun (person who writes poems)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • ӱлгерчи noun (person who writes poems)

Spanish

3 entries
  • lirófono noun (person who writes poems)
  • poeta noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetisa noun (person who writes poems)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mshairi noun (person who writes poems)

Swedish

2 entries
  • poet noun (person who writes poems)
  • poetissa noun (person who writes poems)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • makata noun (person who writes poems)
  • manunula noun (person who writes poems)

Tajik

4 entries
  • нозим noun (person who writes poems)
  • шеърнавис noun (person who writes poems)
  • шоир noun (person who writes poems)
  • шоира noun (person who writes poems)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கவிஞர் noun (person who writes poems)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • amedyaz noun (person who writes poems)

Tatar

1 entries
  • шагыйрь noun (person who writes poems)

Telugu

2 entries
  • కవయిత్రి noun (person who writes poems)
  • కవి noun (person who writes poems)

Thai

1 entries
  • กวี noun (person who writes poems)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྙན་ངག་མཁན noun (person who writes poems)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ገጣሚ noun (person who writes poems)

Turkish

3 entries
  • ozan noun (person who writes poems)
  • şair noun (person who writes poems)
  • şaire noun (person who writes poems)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • kyssachy noun (person who writes poems)
  • şahyr noun (person who writes poems)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • пое́т noun (person who writes poems)
  • пое́тка noun (person who writes poems)
  • поете́са noun (person who writes poems)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • basnik noun (person who writes poems)

Urdu

2 entries
  • شاعِر noun (person who writes poems)
  • شاعِرَہ noun (person who writes poems)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • شائىر noun (person who writes poems)
  • شائىرە noun (person who writes poems)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • shoir noun (person who writes poems)
  • shoira noun (person who writes poems)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nhà thơ noun (person who writes poems)
  • thi sĩ noun (person who writes poems)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hipoedan noun (person who writes poems)
  • jipoedan noun (person who writes poems)
  • poedan noun (person who writes poems)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bardd noun (person who writes poems)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • דיכטער noun (person who writes poems)
  • פּאָעט noun (person who writes poems)

Sample sentences

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Allen is a poet.

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You are made to be a poet.

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The English poet Percy Shelley went so far as to call hell a city much like London.

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The great critic and the poet are traveling together.

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