Thesaurus results for MUSES

muses 1 of 2

noun

plural of muse

as in poets

a person who writes poetry where is the muse who will sing of this man's great and noble deeds?

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muses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of muse

as in ruminates

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Recent Examples of muses

Noun

Her mother, Linda Gaboriau, is an accomplished literary translator who had sometimes served as a photographers’ muse, and as an art student, Auf der Maur had been struck by her own resemblance to the muses of Botticelli and Gustav Klimt. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 Where the writers show up to work every day even when the mysterious muses and the magic don’t. — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 Where the writers show up to work every day even when the mysterious muses and the magic don't. — Andrea Dresdale, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Pogosian met one of his most important muses, a member of the Saudi royal family and his best friend's mother, at Rihanna's Halloween party. — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 These days, no one brings out the stars quite like Nolan, who has counted Damon, Hathaway, Cillian Murphy, and Robert Pattinson among his many muses in recent years. — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 At least his head did, while inside it, the haunting of the muses was in full force as the rock star was forced to reckon with his many, um, complicated life choices. — Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026 Athena Bitzis, now 54, of Stone Mountain, performed in the opening ceremony, portraying one of the muses in a segment honoring the ancient origins of the Olympic movement. — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026 In between Amos’s lines, In Times of Dragons is a saga of survival introducing different muses along the way, from a real-life ancestor, a martyr who fell in love with Jesus, and a group of rugged women. — Tina Eves, SPIN, 13 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for muses

Noun

In 2000, the crew put on The Word Music, a four-day festival that gathered experimental poets, musicians, and more.

— Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
Who will bear the voices of the writers and poets living through this moment?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of poets

Verb

While Tavares coach Gavin Jones ponders how to replace 18 transfer players heading into the season, just down Route 441, new Eustis coach Tanner Harris is pumping some energy into a program that has had four coaches in three years.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
Vieira ponders the dilemma from his own perspective as a coach, having had spells in charge at New York City, Nice, Crystal Palace, Strasbourg and Genoa.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of ponders

Verb

Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
At other times, the music meditates on an image — there’s a tribute to Sylvia Plath, another famous McLean patient — that’s beautiful on its own but dramatically inert.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2026

Definition of meditates

Verb

For Gen Z, the popularity of anxiety bags reflects a broader willingness to talk openly about mental health and find practical ways to help.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026
This latest work reflects a broader effort in the field of precision medicine to unpack all the ways molecules — in blood vessels, muscles, the liver and other organs — respond to exercise, including different intensities.

— Will Stone, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026