Word Type

Noun

The word "musician" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

orchestra stage studio symphony tour tour bus

Capable Of

blow trumpet hear sounds master instrument nail difficult passage perfect song play fiddle play guitar play harp play musical instrument play oboe play ocarina play song play violin record music record song sing cappella tune guitar

Derived Terms

ethnomusician musicianer musicianess musicianless musicianly musicianship muso nonmusician outsider musician pop musician session musician street musician

Derived From

music

Desires

have good acoustics make music

Etymologically Related To

ian music

Context

music

Part Of (Holonyms)

Beatles band barbershop quartet big band brass band chamber ensemble chorus duo ensemble group hip hop crew jazz band marching band octet orchestra philharmonic quartet quintet rock band rock group string band string quartet supergroup symphony trio waits wassailer

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

artist creative creative person entertainer performer performing artist person recording artist worker

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Britpopper DJ accordion player accordionist acoustic guitarist arranger ashugh axeman bagpiper bandleader bandmate banjoist bass bassist bassoonist beatboxer bebopper bell ringer bluesman blueswoman bongoist bugler busker calypsonian carillonist carillonneur caroler celestist cellist chimist clarinetist clavichordist cock rocker composer concertmaster conductor conguero contrabassist contralto cornetist cornettist countertenor crooner cymbalist didgeridooist diva dobroist drummer dulcimerist electric guitarist emcee ensemblist fiddler first chair first violinist flageoletist flautist flutist folkster frontman fuguist funkster gambist gigster glam rocker griot griotte guest guitarist harmonicist harpist harpsichordist hitmaker hornist instrumentalist jazzbo jazzer jitterbug kettledrummer keyboardist keytarist klezmer lirnyk lutanist luter lutist mandolinist mariachi marimbist mezzo-soprano minnesinger multi-instrumentalist multireedist musicianess muso noisemonger noisenik oboist one-man band opening act organ grinder organist percussionist pianist piccoloist piper pop musician pop star popster punk rocker ragtimer rapper rebetis recording artist reedman reggaetonero rhythm guitarist ripienist rock star rocker rockeur rockeuse rockstar sarangist saxophonist session musician shoegazer shredder sideman singer singer-songwriter soloist songwriter sopranist soprano sousaphonist spanker street musician support act surf rocker synthesist tambourinist tenor tenorist thereminist timpanist toaster trancester tromboner trombonist troubadour trumpeter tubaist tubist uilleann piper ukuleleist ukulelist vibist vibraharpist vibraphonist viellist violinist violist violoncellist virtuoso vocalist xylophonist zitherist

Type Of (IsA)

artist guitarist performer person who plays music

Related Terms

:Category:Musicians musical instrument

Related Terms

any any kind artist band band member bars bars theater composer conductor hobby instrument instrument player instruments job job music kind maybe maybe sings member music musical instrument musicianship occupation performer person person who player plays plays instrument profession sings theater tune tune player who

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