ESSAYIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

essayist

noun

Definition of essayist

as in novelist

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Recent Examples of essayist Sign in Václav Havel Václav Havel (1936–2011) was a playwright and essayist who served as the first president of the Czech Republic. — Václav Havel, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026 The itinerary, The Soul of Japan, Living Like a Local by Pico Iyer, was shaped by the acclaimed travel writer and essayist, who has lived in Japan for nearly four decades. — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026 Sun Yung Shin is an award-winning poet and essayist who was born in Korea, grew up in the Chicago area, and is currently based in Minneapolis. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026 Neal Ascherson encountered some of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies as a veteran, journalist, essayist, historian, novelist, and political activist. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for essayist

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Noun

Yet Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare – senior Tory politician, former athlete, bestselling novelist and bon viveur – simply sailed on.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
Nearly fifty years later, Impromptu (1991) retold the story as wry, knowing rom-com, this time with Judy Davis as the capering novelist and Hugh Grant as the winsome composer.

— Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

But especially as Other Desert Cities progresses, there’s something queasy about how maimed her life has been, not by her parents but by her playwright.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Working on this play with this playwright and this cast is wonderful.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of playwright

Noun

Frances Haugen opened up to journalists and testified before Congress, but opening up to a dramatist strikes me as a different thing altogether.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
With this time-shaping device called the Chronovisor, Father Pellegrino Ernetti professed to have seen footage of the crucified Christ and even enjoyed a lost play staged by an ancient Roman dramatist.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of dramatist

Noun

To be a good poet or pamphleteer, like Thomas Paine or Samuel Johnson, requires a kind of day-to-day daring, with triumphs made in conversation and correspondence; a good banker or stockbroker makes his in columns of numbers.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of pamphleteer

Noun

Noah Adams, a writer, broadcaster, and storyteller who hosted All Things Considered for 18 years, has died.

— Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
To join Chanel and the Women’s Prize Trust in celebrating the launch of their new Originators program, a guest list filled with scriveners, storytellers, and Substackers turned out in droves.

— Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

The prolific Romanian satirist Radu Jude is back at NYFF with a new piece of sociological shrapnel.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026
Three hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of satirist

Noun

Another addition is CineGouna Series, led by Egyptian screenwriter Mariam Naoum, an extension of the industry program into an ever more popular medium, both across the region and the wider international entertainment industry.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The musical features a new book by Eleanor Bergstein, the original screenwriter of the film, direction by Lonny Price (who played Neil Kellerman in the film) and choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie (Fat Ham).

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

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