Synonyms for minstrel
Most common
folk singer bard troubadour jongleur singer musician gleeman
All synonyms
Noun
1. Bard — originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a…
Definitions
- n. 1
Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
Related words
- Word family
- minstrelry minstrelship minstrelsy minstreling
- Phrases
- minstrel song
Forms
- Plural
- minstrels → bards, troubadours, jongleurs, singers…
Example sentences
- bard The bard was playing the lute.
- troubadour A female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.
- singer It is certain that Lucy will marry the pop singer.
- musician If I were to be born again, I would be a musician.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| minstrel | rising | |
| bard | steady | |
| troubadour | rising | |
| jongleur | steady | |
| singer | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bard1
- 6 letters
- singer2
- 7 letters
- gleeman
- 8 letters
- musician3, jongleur
- 10 letters
- troubadour3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (singer2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ménestrel
- Italiano
- menestrello
- Deutsch
- Barde