Synonyms of columnists

columnists

noun

plural of columnist

as in writers

a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column

The columnist is known to take provocative positions that often shape the opinions of her readers.

a gossip columnist

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• nonwriters
• nonauthors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of columnists

Times columnists Gustavo Arellano, Steve Lopez and Lorraine Ali are chatting about Tuesday night’s Los Angeles mayoral debate between Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

For the past couple of months, the Editorial Board and a veritable horde of guest columnists have been fixated on the mayor and his stance on Israel. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

The group of Star columnists and reporters who regularly cover the Chiefs — Sam McDowell, Vahe Gregorian, Pete Sweeney, Pete Grathoff and me — weighed in on the bye-week awards and unanimously slotted Walker at the top of both ballots. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Multiple New York Times opinion columnists have argued that straight men aren’t reading for lack of relatable protagonists. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Thus, the relationship between gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (itself the subject of George Eells’s 1971 dual biography, Hedda and Louella) was at first a symbiotic friendship and then a brutal rivalry. — Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026

Politically savvy, wickedly and playfully witty, and in close touch with humanity’s many facets, Roger Simon was among the most admired newspaper columnists of his generation at a time when that world was rich in that species of wordsmiths. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026

The new feed features posts by top football journalists and columnists, as well as some of the industry’s top commentators and hosts. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

The Star-Telegram is the only media outlet that covers TCU athletics on a full-time basis, including photographers and columnists. — Jim Barnes august 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026