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

Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
April may be the cruelest month for poets, but September is crueler for stock traders.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 31 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

The series contemplates topics like shady lending practices by financial institutions — something that will resonate deeply with today’s economy — and the ethics of placing oneself in a news story.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The new agreement reportedly contemplates enormous amounts of private investment, but even supporters acknowledge that major increases in production could take years.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of contemplates

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