| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs music |
| Synonyms: | artist, artiste, composer, conductor, diva, entertainer, instrumentalist, performer, player, session player, soloist, virtuoso, vocalist |
| 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: | vocalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | singer |
| Synonyms: | caroler, entertainer, musician, performer, songster |
| Main Entry: | performer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainer |
| Synonyms: | acrobat, actor, actress, aerosaltant, artist, artiste, contortionist, doer, equilibrist, funambulist, impersonator, mime, musician, player, star, thespian, trouper, tumbler, worker |
| 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 |