Synonyms of authors

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noun

plural of author

1

as in writers

a person who creates a written work

a brilliant novel by a first-time author

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writers
• novelists
• poets
• biographers
• storytellers
• men of letters
• litterateurs
• pens
• women of letters
• littérateurs
• bloggers
• screenwriters
• penmen
• scriveners
• stylists
• coauthors
• columnists
• wordsmiths
• reporters
• scribes
• co-authors
• playwrights
• cowriters
• dramatists
• ghostwriters
• journalists
• autobiographers
• co-writers
• scribblers
• essayists
• fictioneers
• memoirists
• hagiographers
• fictionists
• auteurs
• belletrists
• memorialists
• belle-lettrists
• scriptwriters
• fabulists
• pamphleteers
• co-scenarists
• wordmongers
• scenarists
• hacks
• romancers
• bards
• sportswriters
• newspapermen
• satirists
• versifiers
• hatchet men
• coscenarists
• prosers
• rhymers
• paragraphers
• prosaists
• prosateurs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonauthors

2

as in creators

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

the author of modern genetics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creators
• founders
• fathers
• inventors
• makers
• pioneers
• generators
• originators
• initiators
• designers
• institutors
• founding fathers
• begetters
• establishers
• innovators
• researchers
• sires
• inaugurators
• instituters
• developers
• builders
• producers
• cofounders
• formulators
• devisers
• introducers
• promoters
• organizers
• cocreators
• co-creators
• co-founders
• contrivers
• spawners
• inspirers
• conceivers
• encouragers
• galvanizers
• researchists
• inspirations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• students
• pupils
• followers
• supporters
• disciples

authors

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verb

present tense third-person singular of author

as in writes

to compose and set down on paper the words of

authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writes
• pens
• types
• composes
• scribbles
• letters
• records
• crafts
• rewrites
• prints
• scratches (out)
• words
• drafts
• recasts
• signs
• casts
• formulates
• phrases
• revises
• pencils (in)
• redrafts
• autographs
• takes down
• transcribes
• prepares
• draws up
• frames
• typewrites
• registers
• couches
• expresses
• puts