Word Type

Noun

The word "poet" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

novelist prose prose writer writer

Typical Location

book store classroom garden home library poetry reading study unemployment line university

Capable Of

create images using words flower page manipulate language represent world for others write poem write poems write verse

Derived Terms

I'm a poet and I didn't even know it Instapoet Lake poet antipoet arch-poet be a poet and not know it concrete poet cyberpoet cyclic poet ecopoet jazz poet metapoet mythopoet nonpoet parcel-poet poet blouse poet laureate poet shirt poet sleeve poetaster poetcraft poetdom poetese poetesque poetess poetette poethood poetical poeticule poetise poetism poetist poetize poetless poetlike poetling poetly poetolatry poetress poetship poetwise pylon poet sacrificial poet slam poet

Distinct From

prose

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

author writer

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

poetess versifier

Type Of (IsA)

artist author person who writes poems writer

Related Terms

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Used For

being romantic creating poetry rhyming writing poems writing poetry

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