Synonyms of author

author 1 of 2

noun

ˈȯ-thər 

1

as in writer

a person who creates a written work

a brilliant novel by a first-time author

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonauthor

2

as in founder

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

the author of modern genetics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founder
• creator
• father
• inventor
• originator
• pioneer
• initiator
• maker
• generator
• founding father
• begetter
• designer
• inaugurator
• establisher
• sire
• instituter
• innovator
• cofounder
• researcher
• developer
• builder
• producer
• formulator
• introducer
• cocreator
• organizer
• promoter
• contriver
• deviser
• spawner
• conceiver
• inspirer
• encourager
• researchist
• inspiration
• galvanizer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• student
• pupil
• disciple
• supporter
• follower

3

as in Creator

capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe

let us thank the Author of our being for all the blessings He has bestowed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• Creator
• God
• Father
• King
• Lord
• Divinity
• Almighty
• Providence
• Maker
• Yahweh
• Eternal
• Jehovah
• Everlasting
• Allah
• deity
• Godhead
• Supreme Being

author

2 of 2

verb

as in to write

to compose and set down on paper the words of

authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

Synonyms & Similar Words

• write
• pen
• compose
• letter
• scratch (out)
• scribble
• print
• rewrite
• record
• craft
• type
• word
• revise
• sign
• phrase
• draft
• formulate
• draw up
• cast
• recast
• transcribe
• prepare
• pencil (in)
• take down
• autograph
• redraft
• register
• couch
• typewrite
• frame
• express
• put

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of author

Noun

Sherlock Holmes stories written by post-Doylean authors now vastly outnumber the 60 that Doyle produced. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

In the years following his Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, the author focused on his Dark Star Trilogy, set in a fantasy universe. — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

With riveting storytelling, the novel could never have been authored by AI. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, authored a 2022 bill that put the initial safeguards in place and continued the moratorium until the state adopted new regulations. — Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026