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songwriter

song·writ·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sawng-rahy-ter, song-]
    • /ˈsɔŋˌraɪ tər, ˈsɒŋ-/
    • /ˈsɒŋˌraɪ.tər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sawng-rahy-ter, song-]
    • /ˈsɔŋˌraɪ tər, ˈsɒŋ-/

Definitions of songwriter word

  • noun songwriter a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs. 1
  • noun songwriter composer of songs 1
  • countable noun songwriter A songwriter is someone who writes the words or the music, or both, for popular songs. 0
  • noun songwriter a person who composes the words or music for songs in a popular idiom 0
  • noun songwriter a person who writes the words or music or both for songs, esp. popular songs 0

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Origin of songwriter

First appearance:

before 1815
One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; song + writer

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Songwriter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

songwriter popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

songwriter usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for songwriter

noun songwriter

  • accompanist — An accompanist is a musician, especially a pianist, who plays one part of a piece of music while someone else sings or plays the main tune.
  • balladeer — a singer of ballads
  • crooner — A crooner is a male singer who sings sentimental songs, especially the love songs of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • lyricist — a person who writes the lyrics for songs.
  • lyrist — a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.

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