FICTIONIST Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

fictionist

noun

Definition of fictionist

as in novelist

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Recent Examples of fictionist As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever. — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026

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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

The festival has long been a launch pad for Black filmmakers and storytellers and provides opportunities for master classes, networking and independent film screenings.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Think 19th century photographic storytellers Julia Margaret Cameron and Oscar Gustave Rejlander.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

Jason Arday, a neurodivergent Black Cambridge professor who was feted as a wunderkind by some and denigrated as a fabulist by others, resigned earlier this month amidst accusations of plagiarism.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Academia—like business, electoral politics, and the tech sector—has loads of fabulists and tons of bunk.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of fabulist

Noun

Kei Miller is a Jamaican poet, essayist, and novelist, shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award and winner of the prestigious Forward poetry prize for his collection The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
James Baldwin rose to prominence as a novelist, essayist, and public intellectual at a time when psychoanalysis was all the rage.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of essayist

Noun

Cher moved from folk-pop duo to television star to Oscar-winning actress to dance-floor futurist to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and memoirist.

— Debbie Millman, Time, 25 July 2026
The Victorian house in which the playwright and memoirist Lillian Hellman lived as a child has been preserved — and is now available as a rental on Airbnb.

— J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of memoirist

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