Thesaurus results for SONGWRITER

songwriter

noun

ˈsȯŋ-ˌrī-tər

Definition of songwriter

as in composer

a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice he's both a singer and a songwriter

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Recent Examples of songwriter When the New York Times ran a list of the greatest living American songwriters earlier this year, the ranking was greeted with a lot of reader flack for not including Joni Mitchell. — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor Tom Waits performs at The Agora Ballroom on November 7, 1978, in Atlanta, Georgia. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026 Rounding out the group’s high-stakes work, Stillman and Wetzel are representing Spotify before the Copyright Royalty Board in a proceeding that will set industrywide songwriter and publisher royalty rates for streaming and downloads from 2028-32. — Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 To that end, the politically and culturally vocal songwriter looks to those who came before her as inspiration. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for songwriter

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There are new openings, such as the Cape Froward National Park in Chile, and landmark anniversaries, like a Beethoven festival in Leipzig, Germany, to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
The sixth annual fundraiser honored Oscar winner Charlize Theron with the Icon Award, filmmaker and composer John Carpenter with the Luminary Award and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo with the Vantage Award.

— Deputy Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of composer

Noun

Students, working-class people, artists, local neighborhood families, musicians and people from all walks of life who simply love books and reading.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The firm began by representing restaurants and musicians, though their roster quickly expanded into the wider entertainment industry.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of musician

Noun

Chatten, the band’s main lyricist, was also inspired by his friend Nikolaj Schultz’s book Land Sickness, a semifictional tale of eco-anxiety.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
After more than four decades of supporting Stateside composers and lyricists working across visual media, the Society of Composers & Lyricists has opened its first permanent international chapter in London.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lyricist

Noun

Now, without looking at the whole queue, just take yourself outside or simply close your eyes and allow one of the most prolific, popular and trusted tunesmiths this country has ever produced to astonish you.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The songs are by composing legend Mike Stoller, now 93, and a master tunesmith during the era in which much of the story spans.

— Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of tunesmith

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