DRAMATIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

dramatist

noun

Definition of dramatist

as in playwright

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Recent Examples of dramatist The debate centers on alternate theories proposing that Shakespeare was a front for the real dramatist (or dramatists). — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 The dramatist’s mode is broader and brasher, calculated for the sweep of the stage rather than the close-up, with splashes of color and humor that can verge on camp. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026 Featuring poets, comedians, authors, dramatists, chefs, and composers, the festival has drawn hundreds of publishers and thousands of writers to the Grand Palais over the past 30 years. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 The dramatist’s encounter with the audience, whether disappointing or exhilarating, is a unique, indelible experience. — John Lahr, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dramatist

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Noun

Reflecting on his career as a whole, Domingo says he is often guided by advice from prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, part of which adorns his left arm as a tattoo.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Off-screen, Lange has three kids, having welcomed a daughter with ex-boyfriend Mikhail Baryshnikov and two children with the late playwright Sam Shepard.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of playwright

Noun

There’s an irony in this prominent liberal writer’s lack of interest in actual politics — in any kind of collective solidarity that might extend beyond the county line.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Nancy Slonim Aronie, a writer and artist friend on the Vineyard, had a more alarming experience after she was rushed to a hospital in Boston in January for open heart surgery.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of writer

Noun

Levy also directed produced Deadpool & Wolverine for Marvel and 20th Century Studios and is reteaming with Gosling and Starfighter screenwriter Jonathan Tropper on a Ghost Rider movie.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
That combination—young, British, relatively under the radar, and already connected to the screenwriter—has made Barton one of the more intriguing names to emerge from the search.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

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Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, whom Hegseth installed after firing Cao’s predecessor, then weighed in with a Hollywood scriptwriter’s cheesy panache to say the incident debrief was complete.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
The goal every amateur scriptwriter had written, and then thrown in the bin for not being quite spectacular enough.

— Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of scriptwriter

Noun

Liberal scenarists will be left wondering what if, though, as Congresswoman Katie Porter will end up notching more than 400,000 votes — enough, potentially, to have given Steyer the win had the fellow liberal Democrat dropped out.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.

— Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023

Definition of scenarist

Noun

Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.

— Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021

Definition of litterateur

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