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

Feel free to ask and one of our reporters/columnists may respond. — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 11 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

Many journalists were especially outraged because of the extreme dangers faced by Mexican reporters, editors, columnists and photographers. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

That wider political debate formed the backdrop to Calkins’s column, but his resignation raises a separate question about editorial discretion and the latitude afforded to newspaper columnists. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Championship rings are not used as a measuring stick only by overcaffeinated fans and simpleminded columnists and talk-show hosts. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The essay and a follow-up went viral and were cited by columnists at The New York Times and The Washington Post. — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026