speechwriter

noun

speech·​writ·​er ˈspēch-ˌrī-tər 

: a person who writes speeches (as for a politician)

Examples of speechwriter in a Sentence

She is the President's principal speechwriter.

Recent Examples on the Web

Sanberg, who co-founded the financial firm with former political speechwriter and Navy officer Andrei Cherny, claimed to have invested nearly $100 million in Aspiration and, at one point, reportedly owned 35% of the startup. —Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 2 June 2026

Ben Rhodes is a former national security advisor and speechwriter to President Barack Obama. —Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026

But Kremlinologists, including Putin’s former speechwriter Abbas Gallyamov, are convinced that no amount of public critique will slow Putin down. —Anna Nemtsova, Time, 23 May 2026

Then the grad-school-era drive from Clinton headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Houston for the 1992 GOP convention with a Mario Cuomo speechwriter suspected years later of writing Primary Colors. —Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for speechwriter

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