Synonyms for musician
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.
Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- artist creative entertainer worker performer
Forms
- Plural
- musicians → players, instrumentalists, singers, minstrels…
Example sentences
- instrumentalist Tom is a multi-instrumentalist.
- singer It is certain that Lucy will marry the pop singer.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| musician | rising | |
| instrumentalist | rising | |
| singer | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- player2, singer2
- 8 letters
- minstrel2
- 10 letters
- musicianer
- 15 letters
- instrumentalist5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (player2 = 2 syllables).