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

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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for muses

Noun

Ancient Greek poets Homer and Hesiod helped cement the mountain's mythological importance through their writings, and stories about Olympus eventually spread throughout the Greek and Roman worlds.

— Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Franklin Park is mostly fiction; Crown Inn is mostly emerging writers and poets.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 12 Aug. 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

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

The choice, as Asli Pelit writes, reflects not only the show’s new storyline but also the sport’s changing reality.

— Emily Olsen, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Every bite reflects Georgia’s crossroads of cultures, blending East and West into something uniquely delicious.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026