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verse
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of VERSE
1
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect <composed a short verse for his mother's birthday>
Related Words rhyme (also rime); ballad, lay; anacreontic, clerihew, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy, English sonnet, epic, epigram, epode, epopee, epos, georgic, idyll (also idyl), jingle, lament, limerick, madrigal, ode, pastoral, pastorale, psalm, rondeau, rondel (or rondelle), rondelet, sonnet, triolet, villanelle; haiku, senryu, tanka; blank verse, free verse, minstrelsy, poesy, poetry, versification, vers libre
2
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response <skilled at verse>
Antonyms prose
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