| Main Entry: | musician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs music |
Synonyms: |
artist, artiste, composer, conductor, diva, entertainer, instrumentalist, performer, player, session player, soloist, virtuoso, vocalist |
| Concept: | Musician. [Performance of Music] |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; musical sounds |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel; bard (poet); accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist; harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer; catgut scraper., band, orchestra, waits., vocalist, melodist; singer, warbler; songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress; cantatrice., choir, quire, chorister; chorus, chorus singer; liedertafel., nightingale, philomel, thrush; siren; bulbul, mavis; Pierides; sacred nine; Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses, Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore; tuneful nine, tuneful quire., composer., performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization.
-verbs
play, pipe, strike up, sweep the chords, tweedle, fiddle; strike the lyre, beat the drum; blow the horn, sound the horn, wind the horn; doodle; grind the organ; touch the guitar (instruments); thrum, strum, beat time., execute, perform; accompany; sing a second, play a second; compose, set to music, arrange., sing, chaunt, chant, hum, warble, carol, chirp, chirrup, lilt, purl, quaver, trill, shake, twitter, whistle; sol-fa; intone., have an ear for music, have a musical ear, have a correct ear.
-adjectives
playing; musical.
-adverbs
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| Main Entry: | lyricist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | songwriter |
Synonyms: |
composer, lyrist, music writer, musician, poet, songsmith, songwriter |
| Main Entry: | player |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who produces music |
Synonyms: |
artist, instrumentalist, music maker, musician, performer, rocker, soloist, virtuoso |
Antonyms: |
conductor |
| Main Entry: | singer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who can carry a tune |
Synonyms: |
accompanist, artist, artiste, chanter, chanteuse, choralist, chorister, crooner, diva, intoner, melodist, minstrel, musician, nightingale, serenader, soloist, songbird, songster, troubadour, vocalist, voice, warbler, yodeler |
| Main Entry: | troubadour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | singer |
Synonyms: |
accompanist, artist, balladeer, bard, crooner, jongleur, minnesinger, minstrel, musician, poet, serenader, songster, songwriter, trouveur, vocalist |
| Main Entry: | virtuoso |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert |
Synonyms: |
ace, adept, artist, artiste, authority, big league, brain*, celebrity, champ, champion, crackerjack*, dillettante, egghead, genius, hot stuff, hotshot, intelligent, magician, musician, natural*, no slouch, old hand, old pro, performer, pro*, prodigy, professional, pundit, sharp*, star, superstar, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
amateur, greenhorn, rookie |
| Main Entry: | minstrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ballad singer |
Synonyms: |
balladeer, bard, folk singer, jongleur, lyric poet, minnesinger, musician, poet, street singer, troubadour, trouveur, trouvère, trovatore |
| Main Entry: | performer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainer |
Synonyms: |
acrobat, actor, actress, clown, comedian, comedienne, comic, dancer, ham, magician, mime, musician, player, singer, thespian, trouper |
| Main Entry: | minstrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainer |
Synonyms: |
bard, gleeman, harper, jongleur, musician, performance, player, poet, show, singer, troubadour |