as in novelist
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of linguist
Now, she is being recast as a brilliant linguist who survived conquest, enslavement and patriarchy.
—
Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
According to linguist Gorrie, the story had traveled far and been translated multiple times before reaching Walpole in London.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Additional images show Epstein, who died in prison in August 2019, alongside the likes of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, filmmaker Woody Allen, linguist Noam Chomsky, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and conservative political strategist Steve Bannon.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
That view was challenged in a recent paper by Gašper Beguš, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley; Maksymilian Dąbkowski, who recently received his doctorate in linguistics at Berkeley; and Ryan Rhodes of Rutgers University.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for linguist
Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
According to linguist Gorrie, the story had traveled far and been translated multiple times before reaching Walpole in London.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Additional images show Epstein, who died in prison in August 2019, alongside the likes of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, filmmaker Woody Allen, linguist Noam Chomsky, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and conservative political strategist Steve Bannon.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
That view was challenged in a recent paper by Gašper Beguš, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley; Maksymilian Dąbkowski, who recently received his doctorate in linguistics at Berkeley; and Ryan Rhodes of Rutgers University.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for linguist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
Noun
-
Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
-
An English professor at Harvard and the author of two acclaimed novels, The Old Drift (2019) and The Furrows (2022), Serpell combines a professorial breadth of reference and a novelist’s fascination with the mechanics of literature.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Created in 1972 by veteran voice actor June Foray, the Annie Awards recognize the animation industry’s most talented artists and storytellers.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2026
-
Hassan Herzallah is a Palestinian storyteller, writer, and translator based in Gaza, currently in his fourth year studying English translation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Baggott, who also writes under two pen names, is a bestselling novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet who has written more than 20 books.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
-
Merrill Markoe is an Emmy-winning comedy writer, author, and essayist.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
More than 80 years later, writers, creators, and fabulists in dark corners of the internet are still imagining ways and worlds where Hitler’s genes somehow survived.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
-
Her story remains fractured—saint, prophet, brand, fabulist—but her status as one of modernism’s most disruptive figures is secure.—
Alice Gregory,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguist. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
