Meanings
nouncomposer (plural composers)
plural composers
- One who composes; an author.
- Especially, one who composes music.
- One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end. Thou Great Composer of distracted states.
1713, Joseph Trapp, Musicus Apparatus Academicus set to music by William Croft, pages 38–41, →MDZ1 more example
The exertion necessary to soothe and subdue Lucy's passionate sorrow was the best composer to Francesca's own agitation.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 43
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Translations
Afrikaans komponis
- komponisone who composes music
Arabic مُلَحِّن, مُؤَلِّف مُوسِيقِيّ
- مُلَحِّن (mulaḥḥin)one who composes music
- مُؤَلِّف مُوسِيقِيّ (muʔallif mūsīqiyy)one who composes music
Basque konpositore
- konpositoreone who composes music
Bulgarian успокои́тел, компози́тор
- успокои́тел (uspokoítel)one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- компози́тор (kompozítor)one who composes music
- компози́торка (kompozítorka)one who composes music
Catalan compositor, compositora
- compositorone who composes music
- compositoraone who composes music
Chinese Mandarin 平定者, 撫慰者 /抚慰者
- 平定者 (píngdìngzhě)one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- 撫慰者 /抚慰者 (fǔwèizhě)one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- 調解者 /调解者 (tiáojiězhě)one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- 作者 (zuòzhě)one who composes; an author
- 作家 (zuòjiā)one who composes; an author
- 創作者 /创作者 (chuàngzuòzhě)one who composes; an author
- 作曲家 (zuòqǔjiā)one who composes music
Czech skladatel, skladatelka
- skladatelone who composes music
- skladatelkaone who composes music
Danish komponist
- komponistone who composes music
Dutch bedarer, auteur
- bedarerone who, or that which, quiets or calms
- auteurone who composes; an author
- opstellerone who composes; an author
- makerone who composes; an author
- componistone who composes music
- toondichterone who composes music
- componisteone who composes music
- toondichteresone who composes music
Esperanto komponisto
- komponistoone who composes music
Estonian helilooja
- heliloojaone who composes music
Finnish rauhoittaja, tekijä
- rauhoittajaone who, or that which, quiets or calms
- tekijäone who composes; an author
- säveltäjäone who composes music
French compositeur, compositrice
- compositeurone who composes music
- compositriceone who composes music
German Autor, Komponist
- Autorone who composes; an author
- Komponistone who composes music
- Komponistinone who composes music
- Tondichterone who composes music
- Tondichterinone who composes music
- Tonkünstlerone who composes music
- Tonkünstlerinone who composes music
- Tonschöpferone who composes music
- Tonschöpferinone who composes music
- Kompositeurone who composes music
- Kompositeurinone who composes music
- Tonsetzerone who composes music
Greek συνθέτης
- συνθέτης (synthétis)one who composes music
Hebrew מחבר, מַלְחִין
- מחבר (mekhabér)one who composes; an author
- מַלְחִין (malkhin)one who composes music
Hindi संगीतकार
- संगीतकार (saṅgītkār)one who composes music
Hungarian szerző, alkotó
- szerzőone who composes; an author
- alkotóone who composes; an author
- zeneszerzőone who composes music
- komponistaone who composes music
Icelandic tónskáld
- tónskáldone who composes music
Indonesian komponis
- komponisone who composes music
Italian compositore, compositrice
- compositoreone who composes music
- compositriceone who composes music
Japanese 作曲家, 作曲者
- 作曲家 (sakkyokuka)one who composes music
- 作曲者 (sakkyokusha)one who composes music
Korean 작곡가
- 작곡가 (jakgokga)one who composes music
Latin compositor, compositor
- compositorone who composes; an author
- compositorone who composes music
Latvian komponists
- komponistsone who composes music
Lithuanian kompozitorius
- kompozitoriusone who composes music
Malay komposer, penggubah
- komposerone who composes music
- penggubahone who composes music
Norwegian Bokmål komponist
- komponistone who composes music
Persian آهنگساز
- آهنگساز (âhangsâz)one who composes music
Polish kompozytor, kompozytorka
- kompozytorone who composes music
- kompozytorkaone who composes music
Portuguese acalmador, compositor
- acalmadorone who, or that which, quiets or calms
- compositorone who composes; an author
- criadorone who composes; an author
- compositorone who composes music
- compositoraone who composes music
Romanian autor, compozitor
- autorone who composes; an author
- compozitorone who composes music
- compozitoareone who composes music
Russian успокои́тель, состави́тель
- успокои́тель (uspokoítelʹ)one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- состави́тель (sostavítelʹ)one who composes; an author
- компози́тор (kompozítor)one who composes music
Slovak skladateľ, skladateľka
- skladateľone who composes music
- skladateľkaone who composes music
Spanish compositor, compositora
- compositorone who composes music
- compositoraone who composes music
Swedish kompositör, komponist
- kompositörone who composes music
- komponistone who composes music
- tonsättareone who composes music
Thai คีตกวี, นักแต่งเพลง
- คีตกวี (kii-dtà-gà-wii)one who composes music
- นักแต่งเพลง (nák-dtɛ̀ng-pleeng)one who composes music
Turkish besteci, kompozitör
- bestecione who composes; an author
- kompozitörone who composes; an author
- bestecione who composes music
- bestekarone who composes music
Ukrainian компози́тор, компози́торка
- компози́тор (kompozýtor)one who composes music
- компози́торка (kompozýtorka)one who composes music
Vietnamese nhà soạn nhạc
- nhà soạn nhạcone who composes music
Welsh cyfansoddwr, cyfansoddydd
- cyfansoddwrone who composes; an author
- cyfansoddyddone who composes; an author
- peroriaethwrone who composes music
- peroriaethyddone who composes music
Yiddish קאָמפּאָזיטאָר
- קאָמפּאָזיטאָר (kompozitor)one who composes music
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with composer
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APA
composer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/composer
MLA
“composer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/composer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “composer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/composer.
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