Synonyms of authors

authors 1 of 2

noun

plural of author

1

as in writers

a person who creates a written work

a brilliant novel by a first-time author

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writers
• novelists
• biographers
• poets
• storytellers
• men of letters
• litterateurs
• pens
• women of letters
• penmen
• bloggers
• screenwriters
• scriveners
• coauthors
• playwrights
• wordsmiths
• dramatists
• stylists
• scribes
• columnists
• reporters
• journalists
• cowriters
• ghostwriters
• autobiographers
• scribblers
• essayists
• memoirists
• hagiographers
• fictioneers
• fictionists
• auteurs
• memorialists
• belletrists
• scriptwriters
• fabulists
• pamphleteers
• scenarists
• hacks
• romancers
• bards
• sportswriters
• newspapermen
• satirists
• versifiers
• hatchet men
• wordmongers
• rhymers
• coscenarists
• paragraphers
• prosers
• prosaists
• prosateurs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonauthors

2

as in creators

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

the author of modern genetics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creators
• founders
• fathers
• inventors
• makers
• pioneers
• generators
• originators
• initiators
• designers
• founding fathers
• begetters
• innovators
• establishers
• researchers
• sires
• inaugurators
• instituters
• developers
• builders
• producers
• cofounders
• formulators
• promoters
• organizers
• introducers
• contrivers
• devisers
• spawners
• cocreators
• inspirers
• conceivers
• encouragers
• galvanizers
• researchists
• inspirations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• students
• pupils
• followers
• supporters
• disciples

authors

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writes
• pens
• types
• composes
• scribbles
• letters
• records
• crafts
• rewrites
• prints
• scratches (out)
• words
• drafts
• recasts
• signs
• casts
• formulates
• phrases
• revises
• pencils (in)
• redrafts
• autographs
• takes down
• transcribes
• prepares
• draws up
• frames
• typewrites
• registers
• couches
• expresses
• puts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of authors

Noun

And the authors are very clear that large genome models come with risks. — ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

The report’s authors said economic pressures are setting the stage for holiday shopping in 2026, as shoppers carefully evaluate every purchase. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026

The indoor tables fill up quickly, lined up against a wall of photos of the famous authors who have visited the store over the years — Salman Rushdie! — Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

The finished book is a visual text book of Aurora’s history, say the authors and others invested in this project. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

The authors are students at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, located on the UConn Health campus in Farmington. — Opinion, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026

The nonprofit has partnered with production studios, publishers and authors to get more books into the hands of readers. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

The views expressed here are the authors’ own and do not represent the positions of their employers or affiliated institutions. — Abigail MacKenzie, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

People who carry at least one Neanderthal version of the receptor tend to have more muscle than those who don’t—271 additional grams, the authors report. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026

Verb

In addition, Roberts often authors the opinions in the biggest cases – and there are some big ones left. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Clare McAndrew, who authors the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, told The Observer that demand for his paintings had surged more than 1,200 percent in the forty-eight hours following his passing. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 June 2026

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