Synonyms of writer

writer

noun

ˈrī-tər 

as in author

a person who creates a written work

a writer who is still trying to get published

Synonyms & Similar Words

• author
• novelist
• storyteller
• poet
• biographer
• pen
• littérateur
• litterateur
• man of letters
• screenwriter
• blogger
• woman of letters
• penman
• columnist
• scribe
• stylist
• scrivener
• reporter
• playwright
• wordsmith
• dramatist
• journalist
• scribbler
• cowriter
• ghostwriter
• essayist
• memoirist
• autobiographer
• scriptwriter
• coauthor
• fictionist
• hagiographer
• belletrist
• memorialist
• auteur
• fabulist
• fictioneer
• pamphleteer
• scenarist
• satirist
• sportswriter
• newspaperman
• hack
• belle-lettrist
• bard
• romancer
• versifier
• hatchet man
• rhymer
• wordmonger
• coscenarist
• paragrapher
• proser
• prosaist
• prosateur

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonauthor

Examples of writer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hacks follows the relationship between a young comedy writer and an iconic stand-up comedian who, at the start of the first season, has fallen out of the spotlight. —Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024

The band gained autonomy as writers, performers, and producers upon signing to Epic in 1976, three years before Michael Jackson’s solo breakout with Off the Wall precipitated the band’s dissolution. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2024

Tony the Car Guy is an automotive writer, editor and publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area. —Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024

It was meant to take place in September 2023, but was pushed back by last summer's actors' and writers' strikes. —Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024