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

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 For Lestat, embracing the loneliness has an immediate reaction on the muses lurking in the crowds at his show. — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 22 June 2026 After Daft Punk’s rise from underground dance music heroes to chart-topping pop insurgents, Bangalter followed different muses in different directions. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026 My family and friends generously serve as my muses. — Kelsey Schagemann, Midwest Living, 22 May 2026 The pop superstar, 36, stepped out for a wedding dripping in recognizable jewels once owned by one of her latest album's muses, Elizabeth Taylor, while heading to Honey's cocktail bar with her fiancé, Travis Kelce, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday, May 16. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026 Kim Kardashian, one of Demna’s most enduring muses, made her appearance sans Lewis Hamilton, who was rumored to be attending. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for muses

Noun

Prior to cinemas or concert halls, traveling poets would entertain crowds with tall tales of the Trojan War, its flawed heroes, the whims and meddling of the gods, and Odysseus’s perilous journey home.

— Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The Iliad and the Odyssey were not composed by a single poet, or even by two different poets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Definition of poets

Verb

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
As coach John Hynes ponders his Game 1 starter, the recent numbers will show that Wallstedt has allowed a total of four goals in his final two regular-season starts, while veteran Filip Gustavsson has been touched for 10 in the same span.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of ponders

Verb

As humanity contemplates the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, Sulej says the story of the Mastodonsaurus offers some hope.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
This week, Gracie Abrams pens a tearjerker on mother-daughter relationships, Steve Lacy escapes the abyss of a breakup on a colossal double track, and Beabadoobee contemplates risk and reward on a fuzzy new single.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 17 July 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

Definition of meditates

Verb

Instead, the board has characterized the revisions as an effort to modernize its regulations and ensure the language reflects its long-standing philosophy that people should not be defined solely by their incarceration.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Patron 100 reflects a growing consumer interest in transparent production methods and high-quality ingredients.

— Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026