LYRICIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who writes the words for songs

Synonyms:

lyricist; lyrist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lyricist" is a kind of...):

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Instance hyponyms:

Gershwin; Ira Gershwin (United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983))

Hammerstein; Oscar Hammerstein; Oscar Hammerstein II (United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960))

Hart; Lorenz Hart; Lorenz Milton Hart (United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943))

Alan Jay Lerner; Lerner (United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986))

Rice; Sir Tim Rice; Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944))

Derivation:

lyric (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number)