English adjective: poetic | |||
| 1. | poetic of or relating to poetry | ||
| Samples | Poetic works. A poetic romance. | ||
| Synonyms | poetical | ||
| 2. | poetic characterized by romantic imagery | ||
| Samples | Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic. | ||
| Similar | figurative, nonliteral | ||
| Antonyms | literal | ||
| 3. | poetic of or relating to poets | ||
| Samples | Poetic insight. | ||
| 4. | poetic characteristic of or befitting poetry | ||
| Samples | Poetic diction. | ||
| Synonyms | poetical | ||
| Similar | rhetorical | ||
| Antonyms | unrhetorical | ||