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songwriter

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • We are now collaborating with a famous songwriter.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a composer of words or music for popular songs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: songster, ballad maker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: composer

Narrower terms: Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline, Carmichael, Hoagy Carmichael, Hoagland Howard Carmichael, Cohan, George M. Cohan, George Michael Cohan, Domino, Fats Domino, Antoine Domino, Dylan, Bob Dylan, Foster, Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Foster, Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Holly, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin Holley, Lennon, John Lennon, McCartney, Paul McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney, Simon, Paul Simon, Williams, Hank Williams, Hiram Williams, Hiram King Williams

History

Etymology

From song + writer.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: liedjieskrywer — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Armenian: երգահան (ergahan) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Azerbaijani: mahnı yazıçısı — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Bulgarian: автор на песен (avtor na pesen) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Bulgarian: текстописец (tekstopisec) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Bulgarian: текстописка (tekstopiska) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Catalan: compositor de cançons — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Catalan: compositora de cançons — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Czech: písničkář — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Dutch: liedjesschrijver — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Dutch: songwriter — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Faroese: sangskrivari — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Finnish: lauluntekijä — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • French: auteur-compositeur — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • French: autrice-compositrice — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • French: auteure-compositrice — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • West-Frisian: lietsjeskriuwer — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • West-Frisian: lietskriuwer — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Georgian: სიმღერების ავტორი (simɣerebis avṭori) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Georgian: სიმღერების შემდგენი (simɣerebis šemdgeni) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Georgian: კომპოზიტორი (ḳomṗoziṭori) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • German: Songwriter — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • German: Liedermacher — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Greek: τραγουδοποιός (tragoudopoiós) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Hebrew: משורר (meshorér) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Hungarian: dalszerző — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Macedonian: текстописец (tekstopisec) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: låtskriver — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Polish: kompozytor — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Polish: kompozytorka — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Polish: tekściarz — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Polish: tekściarka — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Portuguese: compositor — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Portuguese: compositora — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Romanian: compozitor — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Russian: пе́сенник (pésennik) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Russian: а́втор те́кста пе́сен (ávtor téksta pésen) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Russian: а́втор пе́сен (ávtor pésen) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhadair òrain — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Swedish: låtskrivare — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Swedish: kompositör — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Thai: นักแต่งเพลง (nák-dtɛ̀ng-pleeng) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Turkish: şarkı yazarı — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Ukrainian: пісня́р (pisnjár) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Welsh: cyfansoddwr m caneuon — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
  • Yiddish: מנגן (menagen) — someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
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