as in poet
a person who writes lyrics and especially the words of a song
The widely acclaimed lyricist has penned many of pop music's most famous songs.
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Recent Examples of lyricist
The late Gordon Downie was/is, in my opinion, the greatest Canadian lyricist of all time.
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Liza Lentini, SPIN, 29 Nov. 2024
Few rappers get to write alongside a Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The album puts a further exclamation point on Schwartz’s rare brilliance as both melodist and lyricist, a la Sondheim.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Winnie Holzman, the stage production’s book writer, and Stephen Schwartz, Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist, adapted the musical for the screen.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Liza Lentini, SPIN, 29 Nov. 2024
Few rappers get to write alongside a Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The album puts a further exclamation point on Schwartz’s rare brilliance as both melodist and lyricist, a la Sondheim.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Winnie Holzman, the stage production’s book writer, and Stephen Schwartz, Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist, adapted the musical for the screen.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyricist
Noun
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The poet, too, filled his darkness with a divine stream of words, and through these words a whole cosmos spun into view.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition’s title Sailing to Byzantium comes from a 1927 poem by William Butler Yeats, where the poet uses a sea voyage to Byzantium as a metaphor for a spiritual journey.Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Ellison serves as the film’s composer as well as director.Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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Whether Tammy was a sympathetic victim or a crass criminal seemed to depend on the scene and the song, and unfortunately, those songs from a composer by the name of Elton John were not exactly praise-worthy.EW Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Infused with more rock energy than her previous works, the album aimed to establish Swift as a bona-fide songwriter.Lolita Mang, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
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A little over a decade ago, Rita Wilson decided to launch her second act and pursue a later-in-life dream of becoming a singer/songwriter.Pam Windsor, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Lyricist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyricist. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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