musician

/mjuːˈzɪʃən/

nounmu · si · cian

Think: **MUSIC + IAN** — a musician is an “Ian” who makes MUSIC.

Yes, it's musician. The tricky part is **-cian**: it’s spelled **c-i-a-n** and sounds like **“shun”**.

Definition

  1. nounA person who plays a musical instrument or makes music, especially as a job.

Examples

  • My sister is a musician who plays the violin in the school orchestra.
  • The street musician performed cheerful songs for the crowd.
  • He practiced every day to become a better musician.

Synonyms

instrumentalistperformerplayerartistcomposer

Antonyms

nonmusician

Translations

ES músicoPT músicoFR musicien

Common misspellings

musicanmusicainmusitionmusitianmusiceanmusiciannemusicanian

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