Synonyms of troubadour

troubadour

noun

as in bard

a writer and performer of songs or poetry in the Middle Ages

Related Words

• bard
• singer
• songster
• vocalist
• crooner
• belter
• warbler
• voice
• harmonizer
• caroler
• vocalizer
• cantor
• chanter
• serenader
• yodeler
• chorister
• chanteuse
• songstress
• hummer
• chansonnier

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of troubadour

The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

That this arrives at the end of an album about the trials and glories inherent to the work of troubadours, a tale of highway butterflies surviving in the place that let them, of love that didn’t die young, is just right. — Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2026

Perhaps the international biennial is not doomed to fade away like the art of the medieval troubadour or the magic-lantern show. — Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026

Justin Townes Earle may have traveled the world as an Americana troubadour, but the story of the singer-songwriter’s life can be told in just a few square miles in his native Nashville. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026

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