| Main Entry: | poetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition |
Synonyms: |
anapestic, dactylic, dramatic, elegiac, epic, epical, epodic, iambic, idyllic, imaginative, lyric, lyrical, melodious, metrical, odic, rhythmical, romantic, songlike, tuneful |
Antonyms: |
prosaic |
| Main Entry: | artistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, satisfying to senses |
Synonyms: |
aesthetic, creative, cultivated, cultured, decorative, dramatic, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, grand, harmonious, ideal, imaginative, musical, ornamental, pictorial, picturesque, pleasing, poetic, refined, rhythmical, sensitive, stimulating, stylish, sublime, tasteful |
Antonyms: |
distasteful, horrible, inelegant, ugly |
| Main Entry: | fanciful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginary, romantic |
Synonyms: |
absurd, aerial, bizarre, blue sky, capricious, castles in the air, chimerical, curious, dreamlike, extravagant, fabulous, fairy-tale, fancied, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious, fictive, flaky*, floating, ideal, illusory, imaginative, imagined, incredible, kinky*, legendary, mythical, notional, offbeat, on cloud nine, pie in the sky, pipe dream, poetic, preposterous, shadowy, suppositious, unreal, visionary, whimsical, wild |
Antonyms: |
grave, ordinary, real, serious, sincere, unfanciful, unimaginative, unromantic |
| Main Entry: | imaginative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creative, inventive |
Synonyms: |
artistic, avant-garde, blue-sky, brain wave, breaking ground, clever, dreamy, enterprising, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fertile, fictive, high-flown, ingenious, inspired, offbeat, original, originative, pie-in-the-sky, poetic, poetical, productive, quixotic, romantic, utopian, visionary, vivid, way out, whimsical |
| Notes: | imaginary means not based on fact while imaginative means marked by independence and creativity in thought or action |
Antonyms: |
dull, uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unresourceful |
| Main Entry: | lyric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | musical |
Synonyms: |
choral, coloratura, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, poetic, songful, songlike, tuneful |
| Main Entry: | lyrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | musical |
Synonyms: |
agreeable, blending, chiming, choral, dulcet, emotional, euphonious, expressive, harmonious, lilting, melodic, melodious, operatic, orchestral, passionate, pleasing, poetic, rhapsodic, rhythmic, songful, songlike, soulful, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuneful |
| Main Entry: | romantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, idealistic |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, amorous, bathetic, charming, chimerical, chivalrous, colorful, corny*, daring, dreamy, enchanting, erotic, exciting, exotic, extravagant, fairy-tale, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fond, glamorous, idyllic, impractical, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mushy, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, picturesque, poetic, quixotic, sloppy*, soppy, starry-eyed, syrupy, tear-jerking, tender, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical, wild |
Antonyms: |
pragmatic, realistic, unromantic |