WRITER Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

writer

noun

ˈrī-tər

Definition of writer

as in author

a person who creates a written work a writer who is still trying to get published

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Recent Examples of writer For writer and musician Michael Farris Smith, who cites the album as a source of inspiration for novels like Desperation Road and Blackwood, the themes still resonate. — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 Charlotte Observer predictions Panthers beat writer Alex Zietlow is 3-0 after coming close to predicting the exact score of Week 3’s 21-18 loss to the Browns. — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2026 The film, directed by Michael Showalter, stars Dakota Johnson as a writer hired to ghostwrite a book series by an incapacitated author (Anne Hathaway). — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026 Vollmann, a National Book Award-winning writer, used to spend 16 hours a day here writing, but no longer can. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for writer

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Noun

That figure is the first half of the show’s title, the activist, author, and playwright Larry Kramer, who co-founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP and was instrumental in bringing the AIDS crisis to public attention.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Steinbeck’s novel is largely centered around the Hamiltons (who emigrate from Ireland to the author’s beloved Salinas Valley) and the Trasks (who move to California from the East Coast).

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of author

Noun

Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a down-on-her-luck ghost writer hired to complete a bestselling thriller series for the novelist Verity Crawford (Hathaway) after she is rendered comatose in an accident.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
The tools of a novelist are totally different than the tools of a dramatist.

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

Asco’s work remained in relative obscurity — living in local mythology through storytellers like Ignacio — for decades.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Sundance Institute’s documentary film program supports nonfiction storytellers at all stages of their projects and careers via financial, creative and strategic assistance.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

Three Georgia poets have new poetry collections out this fall.

— Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Accomplished poet and nonfiction writer Brandon Shimoda brings his love of lyricism to this memoir, a portrait of his grandfather that excavates a century of xenophobia and silence in America.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

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