Verse

//ˈvɝs//

Synonyms for "verse" (269 found)

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Closest matches (54)

Strong matches (81)

Related words (134)

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Translations

156 translations across 57 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐδάφιον noun (a small section of the Bible)

Arabic

4 entries
  • آيَة noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • بَيْت noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • عَدَد noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • نَظْم noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Armenian

3 entries
  • չափածո noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • չափածո noun (poetic form in general)
  • տուն noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • верш noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • верш noun (a small section of the Bible)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পদ্য noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • поезия noun (poetic form in general)
  • стих noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • стих noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • строфа noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries
  • верш noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • стих noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Catalan

2 entries
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verset noun (a small section of the Bible)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ھەڵبەست noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 詩 /诗 noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • 詩句 /诗句 noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Chuukese

1 entries
  • wokisin noun (a small section of the Bible)

Czech

4 entries
  • poezie noun (poetic form in general)
  • verš noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verš noun (poetic form in general)
  • verš noun (a small section of the Bible)

Danish

3 entries
  • strofe noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • vers noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Dutch

3 entries
  • couplet noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • vers noun (a small section of the Bible)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • versiklo noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • verso noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jae noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • runous noun (poetic form in general)
  • säe noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • säkeistö noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

French

3 entries
  • couplet noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verset noun (a small section of the Bible)

Galician

3 entries
  • verso noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verso noun (poetic form in general)
  • versículo noun (a small section of the Bible)

Georgian

4 entries
  • კუპლეტი noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • ლექსი noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • ლექსი noun (poetic form in general)
  • სტროფი noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

German

4 entries
  • Strophe noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • Vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • Vers noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • Vers noun (a small section of the Bible)

Greek

4 entries
  • εδάφιο noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • στίχος noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • στίχος noun (poetic form in general)
  • στροφή noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • કલમ noun (a small section of the Bible)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בַּיִת noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • פָּסוּק noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • שִׁירָה noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • שירה noun (poetic form in general)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कविता noun (poetic form in general)
  • गाथा noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • छंद noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • छंद noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • vers noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • versszak noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • verze noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Ido

1 entries
  • verso noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Irish

4 entries
  • véarsa noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • véarsa noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • véarsaíocht noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • véarsaíocht noun (poetic form in general)

Italian

3 entries
  • strofa noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • versetto noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • verso noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Japanese

2 entries
  • バース noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • noun (a small section of the Bible)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • сап noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • стих noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Middle English

2 entries
  • vers noun (poetic form in general)
  • vers noun (a small section of the Bible)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • strofe noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • strofe noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Persian

4 entries
  • آیه noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • بند noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • مصرع noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • نظم noun (poetic form in general)

Polish

2 entries
  • werset noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • wiersz noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • verso noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verso noun (poetic form in general)
  • verso noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • versículo noun (a small section of the Bible)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • virs noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Romanian

4 entries
  • stih noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • strofă noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verset noun (a small section of the Bible)

Russian

4 entries
  • купле́т noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • стих noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • стих noun (poetic form in general)
  • стих noun (a small section of the Bible)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • गाथा noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • earrann noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • stih noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • stih noun (poetic form in general)
  • stih noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Slovak

2 entries
  • strofa noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • verš noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Slovene

3 entries
  • kitica noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • stih noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verz noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Spanish

4 entries
  • estrofa noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • verso noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • verso noun (poetic form in general)
  • verso noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Swedish

3 entries
  • strof noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)
  • vers noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • vers noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Tajik

2 entries
  • оя noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • оят noun (a small section of the Bible)

Tamil

3 entries
  • பா noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • பா noun (poetic form in general)
  • பா noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పద్యము noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ayet noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • ayet noun (a small section of the Bible)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вірш noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • вірш noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • пое́зія noun (poetic form in general)
  • пое́ма noun (poetic form in general)

Volapük

1 entries
  • setül noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Welsh

3 entries
  • adnod noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
  • adnod noun (a small section of the Bible)
  • pennill noun (one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed)

Yakut

1 entries
  • хоһоон noun (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּסוק noun (a small section of the Bible)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Give me chapter and verse.

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He wrote several plays in verse.

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He gave me chapter and verse on how bears pass the winter.

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He translated the verse into English.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.