All iambic synonyms
i·am·bic
I i adj iambic
- dactylic — of, relating to, or having a dactyl
- odic — of an ode.
- for a song — a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- idyllic — suitable for or suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple or rustic: his idyllic life in Tahiti.
- imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- lyric — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- tuneful — full of melody; melodious: tuneful compositions.
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- rhythmical — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
adjective iambic
- elegiac — (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.
- epic — Of, relating to, or characteristic of an epic or epics.
- epical — (literature) Any book containing 2 or more epics.
- epodic — Pertaining to or resembling an epode.
- poetic — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.