Synonyms of prose

prose

adjective

as in unpoetic

Related Words

• unpoetic
• prosaic
• literal
• matter-of-fact
• factual
• unlyrical
• antipoetic

Dissimilar Words

• poetic
• poetical
• lyrical
• lyric
• rhythmic
• metrical
• bardic
• poeticized
• rhapsodic
• rhyming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prose

The ancient prose treatise on the subject of pleasure (kama) provides a brief discussion of men of a third nature (tritiya prakriti) who take the form of women or men. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026

But Carlos Orsi, a scientific journalist with a punchy prose style, gives a lot of credit to what astrology has meant to human beings over the past thousands of years. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026

The book’s superpower is its voice; Herr’s intensely articulate prose stretches to accommodate the crazy experiences and mind-states created when a high-tech corporate military wages war on a low-tech nation. — Time, 12 May 2026

The production was largely a collaboration between Rylance and prose poet Louis Jenkins, who wrote more than 600 prose poems during his lifetime, many of which were adapted into the film’s screenplay, written by Rylance and Lichtscheidl. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026