WRITER Synonyms
There are 20 hypernyms of the word writer. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| author | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) • someone who originates or causes or initiates something verb • be the author of | ||||||
| essayist | nounn | |||||
noun • a writer of literary works | ||||||
| journalist | nounn | |||||
noun • a writer for newspapers and magazines • someone who keeps a diary or journal | ||||||
| novelist | nounn | |||||
noun • one who writes novels | ||||||
| playwright | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who writes plays | ||||||
| poet | nounn | |||||
noun • a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) | ||||||
| screenwriter | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who writes screenplays | ||||||
| scribe | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • informal terms for journalists • French playwright (1791-1861) • someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts • a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut verb • score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking | ||||||
| scriptwriter | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas | ||||||
| wordsmith | nounn | |||||
noun • a fluent and prolific writer | ||||||
