Thesaurus results for LYRICIST

lyricist

noun

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 movie, which also stars Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott and Bobby Cannavale, sees Hawke portray 20th century lyricist and songwriter Lorenz Hart. —

Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and second drummer Hart joined the group in 1967. —

Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026 Schwartz, the composer/lyricist of Wicked, had been on the bill to host the Washington National Opera Gala on May 16. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026 His choice to so closely blend his personality with his career resembles a lyricist writing diaristic songs, encouraging a sense of kinship between him and his audience. —

Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lyricist

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His 2013 novel, Sudden Death, about the forces that shaped Renaissance-era Europe, revolves around a fictional tennis match between the Italian painter Caravaggio and the Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo, who face off with a ball fabricated from Anne Boleyn’s hair.

— Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
That Pound was shocked when Amprim declined both requests gives a clear idea of the poet’s stunning naïveté and overwhelming sense of self-importance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026