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author

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of author

1 a person who creates a written work

a brilliant novel by a first-time author

Synonyms of author

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

Words Related to author

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

Phrases Synonymous with author

man of letters, woman of letters

Antonyms of author

nonauthor

2 a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

the author of modern genetics

Synonyms of author

begetter, creator, establisher, father, founder, founding father, generator, inaugurator, initiator, instituter (or institutor), originator, sire

Words Related to author

cocreator, cofounder

conceiver, contriver, designer, deviser, formulator, innovator, introducer, inventor, spawner

builder, maker, producer

developer, pioneer, researcher, researchist

organizer, promoter

encourager, galvanizer, inspiration, inspirer

Near Antonyms of author

disciple, follower, pupil, student, supporter

3 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 of author

Allah, Almighty, Creator, deity, Divinity, Eternal, Everlasting, Father, God, Godhead, Jehovah, King, Lord, Maker, Providence, Supreme Being, Yahweh (also Jahveh)

author

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of author

to compose and set down on paper the words of

authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

Synonyms of author

pen, scratch (out), scribble, write

Words Related to author

cast, compose, craft, draft, draw up, formulate, frame, prepare

recast, redraft, revise, rewrite

letter, print, type, typewrite

record, take down, transcribe

autograph, pencil (in), register, sign

couch, express, phrase, put, word

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