RHAPSODE Synonyms

• a lyric poet

• an ornamental caparison for a horse

• put a caparison on

• the musical director of a choir

• the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

• a singer of folk songs

• a singer of folk songs

• a performer in a minstrel show

• celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

• a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

• someone who recites from memory

• someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

• the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly

• electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

• a singer of folk songs

• a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)

• A professional singer, bard, or other entertainer.

• In 12th- to 14th-century Germany, a peripatetic musician, often performing songs of courtly love.