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

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
Lee Child — the novelist who created this most quintessentially ‘Merican of heroes — isn’t merely an Englishman, but a Commander of the Order of the British Empire!

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

Throughout the first twenty years of our history as digital storytellers, family-life representation has continued on the same trajectory that started with the fantasy-family home videos first made by amateur filmmakers in the 1920s and ’30s.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Bourdain died by suicide on June 8, 2018, leaving behind a titanic legacy as a cultural storyteller who introduced viewers and readers to much more than a good meal.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

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
Icelandic poet, novelist and essayist Andri Snær Magnason was tasked with commemorating Ok, his words etched into copper and fastened to rock uncovered by the glacier’s retreating ice.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 July 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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