Synonyms for verse
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1. verse

   Euphony is agreeable linguistic sound, however produced; meter, measure, and rhythm denote agreeable succession of sounds in the utterance of connected words; euphony may apply to a single word or even a single syllable; the other words apply to lines, sentences, paragraphs, etc.; rhythm and meter may be produced by accent only, as in English, or by accent and quantity combined, as in Greek or Italian; rhythm or measure may apply either to prose or to poetry, or to music, dancing, etc.; meter is more precise than rhythm, applies only to poetry, and denotes a measured rhythm with regular divisions into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc. A verse is strictly a metrical line, but the word is often used as synonymous with stanza. Verse, in the general sense, denotes metrical writing without reference to the thought involved; as, prose and verse. Compare MELODY; POETRY.

   Synonyms:
   euphony, measure, meter, rhythm

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. poetry, poesy, versenoun

   literature in metrical form

   Synonyms:
   poesy, verse line, poetry, rhyme

2. verse, rhymenoun

   a piece of poetry

   Synonyms:
   poesy, verse line, poetry, rime, rhyme

3. verse, verse lineverb

   a line of metrical text

   Synonyms:
   poesy, verse line, poetry, rhyme

4. verse, versify, poetize, poetiseverb

   compose verses or put into verse

   "He versified the ancient saga"

   Synonyms:
   versify, poetize, poetise

5. verseverb

   familiarize through thorough study or experience

   "She versed herself in Roman archeology"

   Synonyms:
   versify, poetize, poetise

Matched Categories

1. • Familiarize
   • Poem
   • Poetry
   • Write

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1. versenoun

   Synonyms:
   line (metrically arranged), line of poetry, stich

2. versenoun

   Synonyms:
   versification, poetry, poesy, metrical composition, metrical language

3. versenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] stanza, stave, staff

4. versenoun

   Synonyms:
   passage (of scripture), text, sentence

5. versenoun

   Synonyms:
   [poetical.] piece of poetry

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1. versenoun

   Synonyms:
   stitch, poetry, versification, stanza, stave, staff, text, l'envoi

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1. List of paraphrases for "verse":

   chorus, rhyme, poetry, couplet

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1. Mark Vargo:

   I don't think I really need to cite chapter and verse to a bunch of people from South Dakota about integrity and honesty -- and why we don't lie in public life.

2. Phil Robertson:

   No regrets at all – none, i just went on. I never called AE and said, ‘What are you doing?’ I never said a word when they came to visit me about 10 days after this all went down. I said, ‘Guys, did y’all ever hear from me with some kind of irate phone call? ‘Cause you were firing me?’ They said, ‘Mr. Robertson, you never said a word.’ … I quoted a Bible verse that dealt with homosexual behavior. I just quoted the Bible verse that God had written through Paul the Apostle by the power of the Holy Spirit… I didn’t dream it off the top of my head. It didn’t go any further than that.

3. Sanskrit Proverb:

   In one short verse I here express The sum of tomes of sacred lore: Beneficence is righteousness, Oppression?s sin?s malignant core.

4. Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1978:

   A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

5. Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry:

   Adding insult to injury, the government charged her with the crime of failing to obey a direct order because she did not remove the Bible verse.