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songwriter

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

Noun

songwriter (plural songwriters)

  1. A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.
    • We are now collaborating with a famous songwriter.
    Synonyms:
    cleffer, tunesmith

songwriter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

songwriter in Hindi

गीतकार

songwriter in Tamil

பாடலாசிரியர்

songwriter in Marathi

गीतकार

songwriter in Urdu

نغمہ نگار, گیت نگار
More languagesFewer languages
songwriter in Bengali
গীতিকার
songwriter in Telugu
గీతరచయిత
songwriter in Malayalam
ഗാനരചയിതാവ്
songwriter in Kannada
ಗೀತರಚನೆಕಾರ, ಗೀತರಚನಾಕಾರ, ಗೀತರಚನಕಾರ
songwriter in Punjabi
ਗੀਤਕਾਰ
songwriter in Gujarati
ગીતકાર, ગીતલેખક
songwriter in Odia
ଗୀତିକାର
songwriter in Nepali
गीतकार, गीतिकार
songwriter in Indonesian
pencipta lagu, penulis lagu
songwriter in Thai
นักแต่งเพลง nák-dtɛ̀ng-pleeng

Examples of songwriter in a sentence

  • Few songwriters have been as instrumental in creating the mold for American music.
  • One group was understandably upset by all the royalty cut-ins — the songwriters.
  • Gaye was a full-stop genius, Townsend a fine songwriter, and “Let’s Get It On” is an objectively great song.

All 11 example sentences with songwriter

Synonyms of songwriter

Forms of songwriter

pluralsongwriters

Plural of songwriter: songwriters

Origin of songwriter

From song + writer.

Words formed from songwriter

Questions about songwriter

What does songwriter mean?
Songwriter means a musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.
What is songwriter in Hindi?
Songwriter in Hindi is गीतकार. See Songwriter meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is songwriter?
Songwriter is a noun.
What is the plural of songwriter?
The plural of songwriter is songwriters.

Words near songwriter in the dictionary

  1. songwords
  2. songworthy
  3. songwright
  4. songwrights
  5. songwrite
  6. songwriter
  7. songwriterly
  8. songwriters
  9. songwrites
  10. songwriting
  11. songwritings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: songwriter (page history and authors); songwriter (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); songwriter (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); songwriter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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