Synonyms of linguist

linguist

noun

as in novelist

Related Words

• novelist
• storyteller
• essayist
• fictionist
• fabulist
• pamphleteer
• fictioneer
• scribbler
• ghostwriter
• lexicographer
• satirist
• memoirist
• romancer
• autobiographer
• memorialist
• cowriter
• coauthor
• hack
• biographer
• stylist
• hatchet man
• definer
• wordmonger
• hagiographer
• auteur
• coscenarist
• editor
• belletrist

Dissimilar Words

• nonauthor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of linguist

New York Times columnist, best-selling author, linguist and Columbia University professor John McWhorter doesn't shy away from controversy and isn't afraid to offend people. — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 24 May 2026

With daily-speaker numbers declining census after census, linguist Conchúr Ó Giollagáin warned in 2015 that Irish as a living language — as opposed to a school subject, Duolingo hobby, or urban identity badge — could be gone in about 10 years. — Big Think, 4 May 2026

Babbel’s lessons are built by linguists, with a focus on real conversations, cultural context, and practical dialogue. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2026

But in little more than an hour, their questions and comments will lead the 25-year-old Winner, an Air Force veteran and linguist working for a National Security Agency contractor, to confess to mailing a classified intelligence document to a news organization. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026