versifier

ver·si·fi·er

noun \ˈvər-sə-ˌfī(-ə)r\

Definition of VERSIFIER

: one that versifies; especially : a writer of light or inferior verse

Examples of VERSIFIER

1. <I may not be a great poet, but I'm as good as those versifiers hired by the greeting card companies.>

First Known Use of VERSIFIER

14th century

Related to VERSIFIER

Synonyms: bard, minstrel, muse, poetaster, rhymester (also rimester), poet

Related Words: poetess; poet laureate; scop, troubadour; epigrammatist, epigrammatizer, lyricist, rhymer, sonneteer; rhapsode, rhapsodist

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Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with VERSIFIER

balloon tire, chicken wire, like wildfire, play with fire, razor wire, retrofire, Ring of Fire, star sapphire, under fire