as in songwriter
a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice
among American songsmiths Irving Berlin has assumed legendary status
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Recent Examples of songsmith
Bacharach became a songsmith inside New York’s vaunted Brill Building, where such teams as Gerry Goffin/Carole King and Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich churned out hits.
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Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
The beloved songsmith is immortalized with Paul Kelly Lane, which runs from Flinders Street to Pirie Street, behind the Adelaide Town Hall.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2022
Street Man, a blues songsmith in his own right, is a fine collaborator for Fields, whose repertoire includes songs made famous by Howlin’ Wolf and Big Mama Thornton among others.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022
The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021
Oldham is a fiercely dedicated old-school songsmith who’s resisted at every turn the notion that his writing should be in any way confessional.
—Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2021
Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
The beloved songsmith is immortalized with Paul Kelly Lane, which runs from Flinders Street to Pirie Street, behind the Adelaide Town Hall.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2022
Street Man, a blues songsmith in his own right, is a fine collaborator for Fields, whose repertoire includes songs made famous by Howlin’ Wolf and Big Mama Thornton among others.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022
The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021
Oldham is a fiercely dedicated old-school songsmith who’s resisted at every turn the notion that his writing should be in any way confessional.
—Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for songsmith
songwriter
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Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager detailed her final visit with Keaton just weeks before her death.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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With the country music landscape now punctuated by a generation of young songwriters laying bare personal trauma and intense heartache, Whitcomb wanted his first full-length to capture his life so far, darkness be damned.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Songsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songsmith. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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