writer

writ·er

noun \ˈrī-tər\

Definition of WRITER

: one that writes: as

a : author

b : one who writes stock options

Examples of WRITER

1. She is my favorite French writer.
2. He's a writer of horror stories.
3. a course on 19th-century writers
4. The magazine is looking for freelance writers.
5. The writer of the best essay will win a prize.
6. They identified the writer of the mysterious letter.

First Known Use of WRITER

before 12th century

Related to WRITER

Synonyms

litterateur (or littérateur), pen, penman, scribe, scrivener, author

Antonyms

nonauthor

Related Words

auteur, belletrist (also belle-lettrist), stylist, wordsmith; coauthor, coscenarist, cowriter; ghostwriter, hack, hatchet man, scribbler, wordmonger; biographer, hagiographer; autobiographer, memoirist, memorialist; fabulist, fictioneer, fictionist, novelist, romancer, storyteller; essayist, pamphleteer, satirist; dramatist, playwright, scenarist, screenwriter, scriptwriter; prosaist, prosateur, proser; bard, poet, rhymer, versifier; blogger, columnist, journalist, newspaperman, paragrapher, reporter, sportswriter

Rhymes with WRITER

biter, blighter, fighter, kiter, lighter, miter, niter, plighter, smiter, titer