screenwriter

noun

screen·​writ·​er ˈskrēn-ˌrī-tər 

: a writer of screenplays

Examples of screenwriter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Baseball Bat Years (Baseballjägerjahre) is also out of Germany but comes from Venezuelan screenwriter Jorge Patiño. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Vitória Mantovani is a director, producer, event organizer and screenwriter from the city of São Paulo. — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

Director-screenwriter Jacob Chase, who has experience with this sort of material thanks to his 2020 horror film Come Play, establishes tension in the opening moments and steadily ratchets it up from there. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

But that’s because Higgsfield tapped a human screenwriter, adding authorial voice underneath images that are sometimes obviously AI-generated. — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for screenwriter

• exciter
• firefighter
• igniter
• lamplighter
• reciter
• scriptwriter
• songwriter
• sportswriter
• typewriter
• biter
• brighter
• fighter

Kids Definition

screenwriter

noun

screen·​writ·​er -ˌrīt-ər 

: a writer of screenplays