'Composer' definitions:
Definition of 'composer'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone who composes music as a profession
Definition of 'Composer'
From: GCIDE
- Composer \Com*pos"er\, n.
- 1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. [1913 Webster]
- If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. --Moore (Encyc. of Mus.). [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference. [1913 Webster]
- Sweet composers of the pensive soul. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'composer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- arranger,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- ballad maker,
- balladeer,
- balladist,
- balladmonger,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- compiler,
- contrapuntist,
- copywriter,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- diarist,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- encyclopedist,
- essayist,
- ethnomusicologist,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- harmonist,
- harmonizer,
- humorist,
- hymnist,
- hymnographer,
- hymnologist,
- inditer,
- librettist,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- madrigalist,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- melodist,
- melodizer,
- monographer,
- music critic,
- musicographer,
- musicologist,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- orchestrator,
- pamphleteer,
- penwoman,
- poet,
- prose writer,
- reviewer,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scorer,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- song writer,
- songsmith,
- storyteller,
- symphonist,
- technical writer,
- tone poet,
- tunesmith,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer