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

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

The Star’s writers and columnists are keeping an eye on these four players during the game. — Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 15 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

In these essays, our columnists follow their curiosity, and explore important but not necessarily answerable scientific questions. — Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026