Thesaurus results for COMPOSER

composer

noun

kəm-ˈpō-zər

as in musician

a person who writes musical compositions a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas

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Recent Examples of composer My mother was a dancer for the first national contemporary dance company in France in the late ‘60s, working with a lot of avant-garde music, and my father is a composer and producer of pop music. —

Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026 One of the biggest centers of gravity at the event is composer Jason Robert Brown, perhaps best known for The Last Five Years and Parade, with whom everybody wants at least a quick chat. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 June 2026 The Sinners composer had a much easier time describing the feeling of sitting in the front row on the Malibu Pier to take in the parade of looks. —

Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026 Cooper Goodwin, better known by the online handle Gooseworx, serves as director, writer and composer. —

Jack Dunn, Variety, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for composer

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musician

Noun

For Black musicians, this often means softening hard or sharp edges with safe, major-key chords.

— Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
In the ’80s, a young Parrish, a native of Chicago’s South Side, the son of record-loving parents and the nephew of a jazz musician, was immersed in sound.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 7 June 2026