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

And Crow—who proudly posted a video last year of her Tesla taken away on a flatbed after selling it to protest Elon Musk and DOGE—has added to her songwriting muses as time goes on. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026 But Tip Toe is a drama for an age in which Leo at one point muses that queerphobia can no longer be chalked up to a lack of visibility. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Many of Jumbo’s dancers write fiction and memoir, host literary salons across Los Angeles and find ways to tell their own stories rather than serve as muses. — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 With the help of a few martinis and flutes of champagne, the raucous lineup of friends, muses, and confidantes sat still long enough to take the portrait accompanying this story. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for muses

Noun

Three Georgia poets have new poetry collections out this fall.

— Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Owners Hannah and Brandan Griffin are poets who are passionate about books and the Kansas City artistic community, according to the store’s website.

— Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of poets

Verb

The most tonally bizarre Apes movie ruminates on that question with a mixture of money-saving light comedy and mic-drop grimness.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
As such, the work ruminates on the gendered impact of the violence of war and the absence of the voices of women and children, ironically the most affected groups, in global strife.

— Zehra Jumabhoy, Artforum, 25 June 2026

Definition of ruminates

Verb

As is often the case in both real life and the movies, this modern millennial lady ponders this very question all the time.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026
Nacua, who expects to play against the 49ers as the NFL ponders a potential suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, returned to practice last week.

— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of ponders

Verb

Given the enormous threat AI poses to millions of jobs, the governor’s framework thoughtfully contemplates how to center Maryland workers in regulation of this technology.

— Matt Post, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026
Neither yet contemplates an agent that delegates to another agent at four in the morning.

— Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of contemplates

Verb

Sanam Sheriff meditates on trans poetics and the failure of language.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of meditates

Verb

His argument reflects lessons from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, where unmanned systems have become central to reconnaissance, targeting and battlefield operations.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Today, the customer base reflects the diversity of the surrounding neighborhood, with shoppers of all backgrounds stopping in for specialty products, custom cuts and prepared foods.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026