Meanings
plural keyboardists
- Someone who plays a keyboard.
The absence of keyboardist Sadie Shaw (who split for the Bay Area garage rawkers the Husbands) allows the group more space to indulge in dark wordless experiments; […]
2004, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 129, page 591 more example
Since the 1960s, the keyboardist, vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke has been a prime mover in Ethio-jazz: unmistakably Ethiopian music that also draws on American jazz, Afro-Caribbean music and more.
2025 August 15, Jon Pareles, “10 New Songs You Need to Hear: Khalid, Jay Som, Steve Lacy and More”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025Synonyms: keyboarder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who plays a keyboard.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鍵盤手 /键盘手
- 鍵盤手 /键盘手 (jiànpánshǒu)musician who plays the keyboard
Dutch toetsenist
- toetsenistmusician who plays the keyboard
Finnish kosketinsoittaja
- kosketinsoittajamusician who plays the keyboard
French claviériste
- claviéristemusician who plays the keyboard
German Keyboarder, Keyboarderin
- Keyboardermusician who plays the keyboard
- Keyboarderinmusician who plays the keyboard
Japanese キーボーディスト
- キーボーディスト (kībōdisuto)musician who plays the keyboard
Korean 키보디스트
- 키보디스트 (kibodiseuteu)musician who plays the keyboard
Polish klawiszowiec
- klawiszowiecmusician who plays the keyboard
Romanian pianist, clavirist
- pianistmusician who plays the keyboard
- claviristmusician who plays the keyboard
- clăparmusician who plays the keyboard
Russian клавишник
- клавишник (klavišnik)musician who plays the keyboard
Spanish tecladista
- tecladistamusician who plays the keyboard
Cite this entry
keyboardist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyboardist
“keyboardist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyboardist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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