melodist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mel=o=dist

CIDE DICTIONARY

melodist, n. [Cf. F. mélodiste.].

 A composer or singer of melodies.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

melodist, n.
1 a composer of melodies.
2 a singer.

THESAURUS

melodist

Heldentenor, Meistersinger, alto, aria singer, arranger, ballad maker, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso profundo, blues singer, canary, cantatrice, cantor, caroler, chanter, chantress, coloratura soprano, comic bass, composer, contralto, contrapuntist, countertenor, crooner, deep bass, diva, dramatic soprano, ethnomusicologist, harmonist, harmonizer, heroic tenor, hymner, hymnist, hymnographer, hymnologist, improvisator, lead singer, librettist, lieder singer, madrigalist, melodizer, mezzo-soprano, musicographer, musicologist, opera singer, orchestrator, prima donna, psalm singer, rock-and-roll singer, scorer, singer, singstress, song writer, songbird, songsmith, songster, songstress, soprano, symphonist, tenor, tone poet, torch singer, tunesmith, vocalist, vocalizer, voice, warbler, yodeler

ROGET THESAURUS

melodist

Musician

N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.