DRAMATIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

dramatist

noun

Definition of dramatist

as in playwright

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Recent Examples of dramatist The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026 In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 The debate centers on alternate theories proposing that Shakespeare was a front for the real dramatist (or dramatists). — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 The dramatist’s mode is broader and brasher, calculated for the sweep of the stage rather than the close-up, with splashes of color and humor that can verge on camp. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dramatist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatist

Noun

Josie Long, whose credits include Skins, and playwright and screenwriter Holly Phillips, whose credits include The Athena, Get Even and Dance Academy, are adapting the books for television.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
The cultural demons a 34-year-old playwright was conjuring a century ago rise up as dark reflections for our own.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of playwright

Noun

There’s an irony in this prominent liberal writer’s lack of interest in actual politics — in any kind of collective solidarity that might extend beyond the county line.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Nancy Slonim Aronie, a writer and artist friend on the Vineyard, had a more alarming experience after she was rushed to a hospital in Boston in January for open heart surgery.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of writer

Noun

Previous Power 100 recipients include Academy Award-winning director Ryan Coogler, four-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, award-winning screenwriter and producer Mara Brock Akil and media personality Scott Evans.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Yu has optioned the original screenplay for psychological horror Elise by Guyanese Canadian screenwriter Amir Bacchus; attached Chris Alexander to direct, and also sealed a deal for Equinoxe Films to release the finished film in Canada.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

Noun

Sadly, Showalter and the scriptwriter, Nick Antosca, are completely unable to meet these demands, with the result that the absurdities are all on the screen.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, whom Hegseth installed after firing Cao’s predecessor, then weighed in with a Hollywood scriptwriter’s cheesy panache to say the incident debrief was complete.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of scriptwriter

Noun

Liberal scenarists will be left wondering what if, though, as Congresswoman Katie Porter will end up notching more than 400,000 votes — enough, potentially, to have given Steyer the win had the fellow liberal Democrat dropped out.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.

— Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023

Definition of scenarist

Noun

Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.

— Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021