- a person who composes music
- a person or machine that composes anything, esp type for printing
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
com•pos•er /kəmˈpoʊzɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Printinga person who composes music.
com•pos•er
(kəm pō′zər),USA pronunciation n.
- Literature, Music and Dancea person or thing that composes.
- Literature, Music and Dancea person who writes music.
- Literaturean author.
- compose + -er1 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
composer /kəmˈpəʊzə/ n
'composer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Adam
- Adams
- Albéniz
- Albinoni
- Allegri
- Alwyn
- Ambrose
- Antheil
- Arne
- Arnold
- Auber
- Auric
- Bach
- Bacharach
- Balakirev
- Bantock
- Barber
- Barry
- Bart
- Basie
- Bax
- Bedford
- Beiderbecke
- Bellini
- Benjamin
- Bennett
- Berg
- Berio
- Berkeley
- Berlin
- Bernstein
- Birtwistle
- Bliss
- Bloch
- Boccherini
- Boito
- Bonporti
- Borodin
- Bowles
- Boyce
- Brel
- Brian
- Bridge
- Brubeck
- Bruch
- Bruckner
- Bull
- Burney
- Butterworth
- Buxtehude