guitarist
/ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/
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Philippines/ɡɪˈtaɾɪst/
guitarist noun: someone who plays a guitar.

Noun
guitarist (plural guitarists)
- Someone who plays a guitar.
- Synonyms:
- plank spanker, axeman, guitar-player
guitarist meaning in Bengali, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay
guitarist in Bengali
- যিনি গিটার বাজান, গিটারবাদক
guitarist in Tagalog
- person playing or performing on the guitar
- gitarista
guitarist in Arabic
- person playing or performing on the guitar
- عَازِف قِيثَارَة ʕāzif qīṯāra
guitarist in Malay
- person playing or performing on the guitar
- gitaris
More languagesFewer languages
- guitarist in Indonesian
- gitaris
- guitarist in Persian
- گیتاریست gitârist, گیتارنواز gitârnavâz
- guitarist in Vietnamese
- người chơi ghi-ta, người đánh ghi-ta, ghi-ta thủ, người chơi lục huyền cầm
Examples of guitarist in a sentence
- The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.
- Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.
- The virtuoso guitarist played a number of hammer-ons.
Synonyms of guitarist
Forms of guitarist
| plural | guitarists |
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Origin of guitarist
From guitar + -ist.
Words formed from guitarist
Phrases with guitarist
Questions about guitarist
- What does guitarist mean?
- Guitarist means someone who plays a guitar.
- What is guitarist in Bengali?
- Guitarist in Bengali is যিনি গিটার বাজান, গিটারবাদক. See Guitarist meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is guitarist?
- Guitarist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce guitarist?
- Guitarist is pronounced /ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of guitarist?
- The plural of guitarist is guitarists.
Words near guitarist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: guitarist (page history and authors); guitarist (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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