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
Ethan Hawke stars as Lorenz Hart of legendary songsmiths Rodgers & Hart as the prolific partnership disintegrates to his great dismay.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
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.
—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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At the time, top Western songwriters prioritized Japan, the world’s second-largest music market.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Ortiz may have had his major breakthrough as a songwriter, but his dream was always to be a performing artist.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Songsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songsmith. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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