Synonyms of bards

bards

noun

plural of bard

as in poets

a person who writes poetry

a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poets
• minstrels
• muses
• versifiers
• poetasters
• rhymesters
• troubadours
• poetesses
• lyricists
• scops
• rhapsodists
• rhymers
• sonneteers
• rhapsodes
• poets laureate
• epigrammatists
• epigrammatizers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bards

This is a classic stair-step uptrend, the kind the poets of Ancient Greece composed odes to and bards of the north told tales about around the fire in days of old. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026

Tales from the Trojan War were passed down orally by bards for centuries until someone put pen to paper. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026

The admiral's swagger, battlefield bravado and desire for revenge will be sung by the bards of Westeros, and serve as a breakthrough showcase for Thorn, a playwright and YouTuber, who came out as a transgender woman in a January 2021 video on her Philosophy Tube channel. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 21 June 2026

The bards were the first adapters. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

Sentences that fizzle and scorch will also appeal to fans of Jade Sharma and Mary Robison, other bards of women on the absolute verge. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026

There are also 13 DuraShocks traction bards on the outsole as a nod to the 13 stripes of the American Flag. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019