| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |