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

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Rhymes with WRITER

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