COMPOSES: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COMPOSES?

Need another word that means the same as “composes”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “composes” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Composes” are: draw up, frame, indite, pen, write, compile

Composes as a Verb

Definitions of "Composes" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “composes” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make up plans or basic details for.
• Produce a literary work.
• Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet.
• Form the substance of.
• Write music.
• Put together out of existing material.

Synonyms of "Composes" as a verb (6 Words)

compile	Produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources. Compile a list.
draw up	Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die.
frame	Enclose in or as if in a frame. A short style cut to frame the face.
indite	Produce a literary work. He indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord.
pen	Write or compose. Olivia penned award winning poetry.
write	Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of a word or part of a word. Thank you and goodbye I ll write soon.

Usage Examples of "Composes" as a verb

• Greed and ambition composed his personality.
• She composed a poem.
• Beethoven composed nine symphonies.
• She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult.

Associations of "Composes" (30 Words)

atonal	Not written in any key or mode. Atonal music may be written by obscuring tonal structures or by ignoring conventional harmonies altogether.
ballpoint	A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
bard	A lyric poet. Our national bard Robert Burns.
bibliography	A list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc. A bibliography of his publications.
compile	Accumulate (a specified score. Compile a list.
comprise	Form or compose. This single breed comprises 50 per cent of the Swiss cattle population.
constitute	Be (a part) of a whole. The superior courts were constituted by the Judicature Acts 1873 5.
dossier	A collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person’s record. We have a dossier on him.
extempore	Without prior preparation. An extempore skit.
extemporize	Perform without preparation. He extemporized a speech at the wedding.
harmonize	Write a harmony for. The colors don t harmonize.
immediate	Immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect. His immediate superior in the department.
impromptu	A short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation. A witty impromptu must not sound premeditated.
improvise	Perform without preparation. He invited actors to improvise dialogue.
improvised	Created and performed spontaneously or without preparation; impromptu. An improvised short speech.
indite	Produce a literary work. He indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord.
instantly	At once; immediately. She fell asleep almost instantly.
makeup	Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance. He missed the test and had to take a makeup.
music	Music the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments or reproductions of such sounds. Baroque music.
notebook	A small book with blank or ruled pages for writing notes in. He copied the number into his notebook.
offhand	Without previous thought or preparation. We decided offhand to go to Canada.
opus	A musical work that has been created. He was writing an opus on Mexico.
oratory	Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous. He loved the sound of his own oratory.
orchestrate	Plan and direct (a complex undertaking. The situation has been orchestrated by a tiny minority.
organize	Arrange by systematic planning and united effort. The soul doth organize the body.
pen	An electronic device like a pen used in conjunction with a writing surface to enter commands or data into a computer. She was forced to support herself by the pen.
poet	A writer of poems the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry. He is more poet than academic because of his gift for language.
priesthood	Priests in general. There was relief among the Anglican priesthood.
song	A musical composition suggestive of a song. The pilgrims broke into song.
spontaneously	Without advance preparation. Mutations can occur spontaneously.