ESSAYIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

essayist

noun

Definition of essayist

as in novelist

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Recent Examples of essayist Robin Myers is a poet, translator, essayist, and 2023 NEA Translation Fellow. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 There also lies the influence of Chilean essayist Pedro Lemebel, braided into Delgado Lopera’s narrative of a father, Ignacio; his 12-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Valentina; and his trans mother, Mamadora Eléctrica, inspired by the author’s own trans mother, Adela Vázquez. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for essayist

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Noun

First-time novelist Brazeal is no stranger to Silicon Valley.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Isabelle Huppert and Virginie Efira led Farhadi’s French-language Parallel Tales, a film about Sylvie (Huppert), a fading novelist in search of inspiration for her next book, who starts spying on her neighbors across the street.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

After a painful breakup, a young playwright accepts a job as assistant director for a theater company in a foreign city.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Lena Dunham co-wrote the book alongside playwright Jessica Huang (Mother of Exiles), and the score is co-written by undisputed pop-music genius Carly Rae Jepsen with frequent Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Ethan Gruska.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of playwright

Noun

Since Don Juan was introduced in 1630 by dramatist Tirso de Molina, the Spanish Lothario has appeared in numerous re-interpretations, but perhaps the most important debuted a century ago.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
One of Gary Graves’ biggest strengths as a dramatist is that nary a word feels wasteful when written by him.

— Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 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

The 2027 Spirit Awards will also introduce a new Digital Creator Award category, expanding the celebration to independent storytellers creating original work for digital-first platforms and audiences.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Some of Disney's biggest stars, storytellers and leaders will soon officially join the ranks of Disney Legends.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

Instead, Farage's main opponent is Count Binface, a political satirist posing as a comic space alien, with a keen interest in earthly matters, including the positioning of a hand dryer in the men's toilet in a pub in west London.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Anna Juul is a screenwriter and novelist, satirist and board member with the Danish Mental Health Fund.

— Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of satirist

Noun

Director-screenwriter Jacob Chase, who has experience with this sort of material thanks to his 2020 horror film Come Play, establishes tension in the opening moments and steadily ratchets it up from there.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
But that’s because Higgsfield tapped a human screenwriter, adding authorial voice underneath images that are sometimes obviously AI-generated.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

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