poetic
Syllables: po·et·ic/pəʊˈɛtɪk/US/poʊˈɛtɪk/
poetic adjective: relating to poetry.
Adjective
poetic (comparative more poetic, superlative most poetic)
- Relating to poetry.
- Iambics are one form of poetic meter.
- Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2013
- Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
- Connecting to the soul of the beholder.
poetic meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
poetic in Hindi
- poetic
- शायराना
poetic in Marathi
- काव्यात्मक
poetic in Urdu
- شاعرانہ
poetic in Telugu
- relating to poetry
- కవితాత్మక kavitātmaka
More languagesFewer languages
- poetic in Malayalam
- കാവ്യ kāvya, കാവ്യാത്മക kāvyātmaka
- poetic in Kannada
- ಕವಿಗಳ, ಕಾವ್ಯದ, ಕವಿತೆಯ, ಕವಿತಾಯೋಗ್ಯ
- poetic in Gujarati
- કાવ્યાત્મક
- poetic in Sanskrit
- कवितात्मक kavitātmaka
- poetic in Arabic
- شِعْرِيّ šiʕriyy
Examples of poetic in a sentence
- In dialectal or poetic English, the article the or preposition to can become the proclitic t'.
- In Melville’s era, the “L’Envoi” was considered a distinct poetic subgenre.
- There aren't a lot of contemporary plays with language this poetic and rich."
Antonyms of poetic
Forms of poetic
| comparative | more poetic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most poetic |
| alternative form | poëtic |
| alternative form | poetical |
| alternative form (obsolete) | poetick |
Origin of poetic
From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Displaced native Old English sċoplīċ and lēoþlīċ. Doublet of poietic.
Words formed from poetic
Phrases with poetic
Words that rhyme with poetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about poetic
- What does poetic mean?
- Poetic means relating to poetry.
- What is poetic in Hindi?
- Poetic in Hindi is शायराना. See Poetic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is poetic?
- Poetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce poetic?
- Poetic is pronounced /pəʊˈɛtɪk/ (UK).
Words near poetic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poetic (page history and authors); शायराना (Hindi) (page history and authors); poetic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poetic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poetic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poetic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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