ESSAYIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

essayist

noun

Definition of essayist

as in novelist

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Recent Examples of essayist Senna is a novelist and essayist. — Time, 27 May 2026 Gabrielle Glancy is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The American Poetry Review. — Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026 As a poet, novelist, and essayist, Wendell Berry is one of the great modern voices of agrarian values. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 Economist and essayist David Oks argued in an influential, widely read Substack post that most of this ATM story is just half the tale. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for essayist

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Noun

The film is written by Heartstopper creator, executive producer and graphic novelist Alice Oseman.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Come Back is both self-portrait of the artist as a young gay Black man, and a nuanced homage to his mentor, the novelist and critic Elizabeth Hardwick.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 8 July 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

Inspired by Shakespeare and other great playwrights, his mini-series Fadia deals with honor killings, that darkest of topics, while saying plenty more about society.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 July 2026
The local trend has continued, bolstered by new adaptations by popular playwrights such as Jeffrey Hatcher or Ken Ludwig.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Definition of playwright

Noun

The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.

— Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 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

Both films came from digital-native storytellers in their 20s who arrived with sizable online followings already attached.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Committed to amplifying both emerging and established voices, JuVee Productions aims to serve as a creative hub for the next generation of storytellers, fostering bold, dynamic narratives that reflect the full spectrum of humanity.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 7 July 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher, center left, applauds for John Mellencamp during the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Bill Maher.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
For a satirist or a cynic, Esperantists are easy fodder.

— Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

Definition of satirist

Noun

Tony Rayns, the British writer, festival programmer and screenwriter who spent decades introducing Western audiences to East Asian cinema, has died at 77.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
As solely a screenwriter, Helgeland wrote Man on Fire and Green Zone.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 July 2026

Definition of screenwriter

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