AUTHORS Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of author

as in writers

a person who creates a written work a brilliant novel by a first-time author

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nonauthors

as in creators

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the author of modern genetics

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verb

present tense third-person singular of author

as in writes

to compose and set down on paper the words of authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

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Recent Examples of authors

Noun

The screwworm, the authors wrote, has caused immense suffering to the livestock for which humans have a responsibility to care. —

Evan Bush, NBC news, 7 June 2026 Staying in the same geographic region, this anthology features stories by Swedish authors from the 1800s to the 1950s, many published for the first time in English. —

Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026 The new study’s authors suggest that descriptions of awe-inspiring time underwater could help others think differently about the seas. —

Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 6 June 2026 The authors posit it’s because people coming together to support their team or to enjoy the event creates a sense of belonging, which is protective. —

Aneri Pattani, USA Today, 6 June 2026 The paper represents, according to its authors, both the first practical outdoor deployment of ME antennas and the largest Very Low Frequency/Low Frequency array of this type ever built. —

Omar Kardoudi june 06, New Atlas, 6 June 2026 Publishers and industry groups, however, argue that the legislation could have unintended consequences for authors and readers. —

Julia Casola, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026 Or because the research may have been funded by the CDC and the authors potentially knew or assumed the conclusion they were supposed to reach. —

Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026 There’s a special book club designed for deep dives with your favorite YA authors, as well as signings, conversations, and workshops. —

Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Verb

Perhaps if the team authors a more precipitous decline and those gaps grow, there will be a more serious conversation about conducting a selloff. —

Chandler Rome, New York Times, 25 May 2026 While not all of the slowdown in box production can be attributable to falling demand for goods, the slump is present in other areas of the freight economy, said Adam Josephson, a longtime paper and packaging sell-side analyst who now authors an economics newsletter. —

Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Bennett and Travelstead serve as showrunners, writers and executive producers.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Plus placing that onus on editors could put magazines in the unsavory position of policing writers.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 June 2026