| Main Entry: | poet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes expressive, rhythmic verse |
Synonyms: |
artist, author, balladist, bard, dilettante, dramatist, librettist, lyricist, lyrist, maker, metrist, odist, parodist, poetaster, rhapsodist, rhymer, rimer, sonnetist, versifier, writer |
| Main Entry: | author |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composer of written work |
Synonyms: |
biographer, columnist, composer, creator, essayist, ghost, ghostwriter, ink slinger, journalist, originator, playwright, poet, producer, prose writer, reporter, scribbler, scribe, scripter, word slinger, wordsmith, work-for-hire, writer |
| Main Entry: | lyricist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | songwriter |
Synonyms: |
composer, lyrist, music writer, musician, poet, songsmith, songwriter |
| 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: | writer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who composes with language |
Synonyms: |
author, biographer, columnist, contributor, correspondent, critic, dramatist, editor, essayist, freelancer, ghostwriter, journalist, newspaper person, novelist, person of letters, poet, reporter, screenwriter, scribbler, scribe, scripter, stenographer, stringer, wordsmith |
Antonyms: |
reader |
| Main Entry: | bard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troubadour |
Synonyms: |
balladeer, minstrel, poet, rhapsodist, strolling minstrel, versifier |
| 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: | storyteller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | author |
Synonyms: |
bard, biographer, chronicler, fabler, fabulist, minstrel, narrator, poet, raconteur, relator |
| Main Entry: | minstrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainer |
Synonyms: |
bard, gleeman, harper, jongleur, musician, performance, player, poet, show, singer, troubadour |