poet
[noun]
Synonyms: bard, lyricist, rhymer, versifier

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Related Words: jongleur, rhapsodist, trouvère, trouveur, balladist, elegist, idyllist, lyricist, lyrist, odist, satirist, sonneteer, sonnetist

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English Thesaurus: writer, author, novelist, poet, playwright, ...

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po‧et W3 /ˈpəʊət, ˈpəʊɪt $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: poem, poet, poetry; adverb: poetically; adjective: poetic]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: poete, from Latin, from Greek poietes, from poiein; ⇒ poem]
someone who writes poems ⇒ poem, poetry

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poet
noun
ADJ. accomplished, good, great | distinguished, famous, well-known | foremost the foremost poet of his generation
minor | unknown | aspiring | contemporary | epic, lyric | Romantic, metaphysical
VERB + POET inspire These river banks have inspired poets for many centuries.
POET + VERB write sth

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writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job:
Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.
a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine
I always wanted to be a writer.
author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book:
Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.
The author will be signing copies of his book.
He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events:
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.
the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
poet someone who writes poems:
a class studying the works of modern American poets
playwright someone who writes plays:
Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past:
the great French dramatist, Moliere
scriptwriter (also screenwriter) someone who writes plays for films or television:
Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website:
a travel blogger
a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English

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