Meanings
nounguitarist (plural guitarists)
plural guitarists
- Someone who plays a guitar.
Synonyms: plank spanker, axeman, guitar-player
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who plays a guitar.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
- Ancient Greekκῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)
- Aramaicקיתרא (qīṯārā)
- Arabicقِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)
- Old Spanishguitarra
- Spanishguitarra
- Englishguitar
- Englishguitarist
Translations
Arabic عَازِف قِيثَارَة
- عَازِف قِيثَارَة (ʕāzif qīṯāra)person playing or performing on the guitar
Bulgarian китари́ст, китари́стка
- китари́ст (kitaríst)person playing or performing on the guitar
- китари́стка (kitarístka)person playing or performing on the guitar
Catalan guitarrista
- guitarristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Chinese Mandarin 吉他手
- 吉他手 (jítāshǒu)person playing or performing on the guitar
Czech kytarista, kytaristka
- kytaristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
- kytaristkaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Danish guitarist
- guitaristperson playing or performing on the guitar
Dutch gitarist, gitariste
- gitaristperson playing or performing on the guitar
- gitaristeperson playing or performing on the guitar
- gitaarspelerperson playing or performing on the guitar
- gitaarspeelsterperson playing or performing on the guitar
Esperanto gitaristo
- gitaristoperson playing or performing on the guitar
Estonian kitarrist
- kitarristperson playing or performing on the guitar
Finnish kitaristi, kitaransoittaja
- kitaristiperson playing or performing on the guitar
- kitaransoittajaperson playing or performing on the guitar
French guitariste
- guitaristeperson playing or performing on the guitar
German Gitarrenspieler, Gitarrenspielerin
- Gitarrenspielerperson playing or performing on the guitar
- Gitarrenspielerinperson playing or performing on the guitar
- Gitarristperson playing or performing on the guitar
- Gitarristinperson playing or performing on the guitar
Greek κιθαρίστας, κιθαριστής
- κιθαρίστας (kitharístas)person playing or performing on the guitar
- κιθαριστής (kitharistís)person playing or performing on the guitar
- κιθαρίστρια (kitharístria)person playing or performing on the guitar
Hebrew גִּיטָרִיסְט
- גִּיטָרִיסְט (gitaríst)person playing or performing on the guitar
Hungarian gitáros
- gitárosperson playing or performing on the guitar
Icelandic gítaristi, gítarleikari
- gítaristiperson playing or performing on the guitar
- gítarleikariperson playing or performing on the guitar
Indonesian gitaris
- gitarisperson playing or performing on the guitar
Irish giotáraí
- giotáraíperson playing or performing on the guitar
Italian chitarrista
- chitarristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Japanese ギタリスト
- ギタリスト (gitarisuto)person playing or performing on the guitar
Korean 기타리스트
- 기타리스트 (gitariseuteu)person playing or performing on the guitar
Latin guitarista, guitaristus
- guitaristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
- guitaristusperson playing or performing on the guitar
Latvian ģitārists, ģitāriste
- ģitāristsperson playing or performing on the guitar
- ģitāristeperson playing or performing on the guitar
Lithuanian gitaristas, gitaristė
- gitaristasperson playing or performing on the guitar
- gitaristėperson playing or performing on the guitar
Malay gitaris
- gitarisperson playing or performing on the guitar
Māori kairakuraku kitā
- kairakuraku kitāperson playing or performing on the guitar
Norwegian Bokmål gitarist
- gitaristperson playing or performing on the guitar
Persian گیتاریست, گیتارنواز
- گیتاریست (gitârist)person playing or performing on the guitar
- گیتارنواز (gitârnavâz)person playing or performing on the guitar
Polish gitarzysta, gitarzystka
- gitarzystaperson playing or performing on the guitar
- gitarzystkaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Portuguese guitarrista
- guitarristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Romanian chitarist, chitaristă
- chitaristperson playing or performing on the guitar
- chitaristăperson playing or performing on the guitar
Russian гитари́ст, гитари́стка
- гитари́ст (gitaríst)person playing or performing on the guitar
- гитари́стка (gitarístka)person playing or performing on the guitar
Slovak gitarista, gitaristka
- gitaristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
- gitaristkaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Spanish guitarrista, guitarrero
- guitarristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
- guitarreroperson playing or performing on the guitar
- guitarraperson playing or performing on the guitar
Swahili mpiga gitaa
- mpiga gitaaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Swedish gitarrist
- gitarristperson playing or performing on the guitar
Tagalog gitarista
- gitaristaperson playing or performing on the guitar
Ukrainian гітари́ст, гітари́стка
- гітари́ст (hitarýst)person playing or performing on the guitar
- гітари́стка (hitarýstka)person playing or performing on the guitar
Vietnamese người chơi ghi-ta, người đánh ghi-ta
- người chơi ghi-taperson playing or performing on the guitar
- người đánh ghi-taperson playing or performing on the guitar
- ghi-ta thủperson playing or performing on the guitar
- người chơi lục huyền cầmperson playing or performing on the guitar
- người chơi Tây Ban cầmperson playing or performing on the guitar
- người đánh lục huyền cầmperson playing or performing on the guitar
- người đánh Tây Ban cầmperson playing or performing on the guitar
- Tây Ban cầm thủperson playing or performing on the guitar
- lục huyền cầm thủperson playing or performing on the guitar
Yiddish גיטאַריסט, גיטאַר־שפּילער
- גיטאַריסט (gitarist)person playing or performing on the guitar
- גיטאַר־שפּילער (gitar-shpiler)person playing or performing on the guitar
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Cite this entry
APA
guitarist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guitarist
MLA
“guitarist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guitarist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guitarist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guitarist.
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