BELLE-LETTRISTS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

belletrists

noun

variants also belle-lettrists

plural of belletrist

as in writers

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nonauthors

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Noun

Several media chains and hedge funds than own newspapers now judge writers as much by their ability to sell the product (through subscriptions and page views) as the quality of their work.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Christiane Zehl Romero, her chief biographer, noted that the bullheaded Bertolt Brecht had benefitted from Seghers’s protective maneuvers, as did rebellious younger writers such as Heiner Müller and Christa Wolf.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of writers

Noun

There are the longtime locals who have been shopping there since the early days, plus a mix of creative types like directors, writers, chefs, models, stylists, designers and actors.

— Viv Chen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Apparently not, considering that multiple top stylists from across the country cite improper conditioning as the biggest hair care no-no their clients are guilty of.

— Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of stylists

Noun

Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Its 2,500-plus episodes have featured two- to three-hour interviews with a range of actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, authors and more.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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