WRITER Synonyms
There are 20 hypernyms of the word writer. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for WRITER
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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 |