composer
UK/kəmˈpəʊzə//kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/
composer noun: one who composes; an author.
Noun
composer (plural composers)
- One who composes; an author.
- Especially, one who composes music.
- One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
- The exertion necessary to soothe and subdue Lucy's passionate sorrow was the best composer to Francesca's own agitation.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 43
- Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end.
Thou Great Composer of distracted states.1713, Joseph Trapp, Musicus Apparatus Academicus set to music by William Croft, pages 38–41, →MDZ
composer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
composer in Hindi
- one who composes music
- संगीतकार saṅgītkār
composer in Tamil
- இசையமைப்பாளர், படைப்பாளி, இசையை உருவாக்குபவர், அச்சுக்கோர்ப்பவர், எழுத்தாளர்
composer in Marathi
- one who composes music
- संगीतकार saṅgītkār
composer in Urdu
- composer
- مصنف musannif, قلم کار qalam kār
More languagesFewer languages
- composer in Bengali
- সুরকার, গীতিকার, কল্পক, প্রণেতা
- composer in Malayalam
- രചയിതാവ് racayitāvŭ
- composer in Pashto
- کمپوزر kampozár
- composer in Arabic
- مُلَحِّن mulaḥḥin, مُؤَلِّف مُوسِيقِيّ muʔallif mūsīqiyy
- composer in Malay
- komposer, penggubah
- composer in Indonesian
- komponis
- composer in Persian
- آهنگساز âhangsâz
- composer in Thai
- คีตกวี kii-dtà-gà-wii, นักแต่งเพลง nák-dtɛ̀ng-pleeng
- composer in Vietnamese
- nhà soạn nhạc
- composer in Myanmar
- တေးရေးဆရာ te:re:hca.ra, စာဆို cahcui, ဂီတစာဆို gita.cahcui
Examples of composer in a sentence
- Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.
- Some avant-garde composers request that performers detune their instruments before playing.
- It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.
Forms of composer
| plural | composers |
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Origin of composer
From compose + -er.
Words formed from composer
Words that rhyme with composer
Questions about composer
- What does composer mean?
- Composer means one who composes; an author.
- What is composer in Hindi?
- Composer in Hindi is संगीतकार (saṅgītkār). See Composer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is composer?
- Composer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce composer?
- Composer is pronounced /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of composer?
- The plural of composer is composers.
Words near composer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: composer (page history and authors); composer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قلم کار (Urdu) (page history and authors); composer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); രചയിതാവ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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