All bard synonyms

noun bard

• troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
• poet — a person who composes poetry.
• versifier — to relate, describe, or treat (something) in verse.
• minstrel — a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
• balladeer — a singer of ballads
• rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
• composer — A composer is a person who writes music, especially classical music.
• wordsmith — an expert in the use of words.
• songster — a person who sings; a singer.
• writer — a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
• poetaster — an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.