Thesaurus.com
Thesaurus / lyrist
FEEDBACK

lyrist

See definition of lyrist on Dictionary.com
  • as inlyricist
  • as inpoet
  • as inpoetaster
  • as inpoetess
  • as inrhymer
  • as inrhymester
  • as inversifier

synonyms for lyrist

  • composer
  • musician
  • poet
  • songwriter
  • music writer
  • songsmith
  • artist
  • author
  • dramatist
  • lyricist
  • writer
  • bard
  • dilettante
  • librettist
  • maker
  • odist
  • parodist
  • rhymer
  • versifier
  • balladist
  • metrist
  • poetaster
  • rhapsodist
  • rimer
  • sonnetist
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 137 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lyrist, such as: composer, musician, poet, songwriter, music writer, and songsmith.
QUIZ
Don’t Be Ferdutzt By This Word Of The Day Quiz!
START THE QUIZ

How to use lyrist in a sentence

It would be difficult to find a finer lyrist among the mountains.
BIRDS OF THE ROCKIESLEANDER SYLVESTER KEYSER
Although I turned aside and sought diligently, I could not find the shy lyrist.
BIRDS OF THE ROCKIESLEANDER SYLVESTER KEYSER
His extant shorter poems, however, whether early or late, offer no excuse for claiming high rank for him as a lyrist.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 6, SLICE 1VARIOUS
And where the sonneteers pretended to a sincerity which was none of theirs, he was, like Browning, unaffectedly a dramatic lyrist.
ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERNG. H. MAIR
Miss Ingelow may be termed an idyllic lyrist, her lyrical pieces having always much idyllic beauty.
LIVES OF GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUSSARAH KNOWLES BOLTON
Moore was another lyrist whose poetry Scott greatly admired.
SIR WALTER SCOTT AS A CRITIC OF LITERATUREMARGARET BALL
From her wilds Ierne sent The sweetest lyrist of her saddest wrong, And love taught grief to fall like music from his tongue.
ADONAISSHELLEY
The reproach had a justice in it that must have stung, and made the lyrist wish to be an atomic theorist at any cost.
IMAGINARY INTERVIEWSW. D. HOWELLS
The Elizabethan lyrist is safe among lilies and cherries, roses, pearls, and snow.
THE CHILDRENALICE MEYNELL
More than one lyrist—as Archilochus and Horace may bear witness—has thrown away his shield on the field of battle.
GIFTS OF GENIUSVARIOUS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
Choose the synonym for future
capacitor
lightning
DeLorean

WORDS RELATED TO LYRIST

  • composer
  • lyrist
  • music writer
  • musician
  • poet
  • songsmith
  • songwriter
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.