MEMOIRIST Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

memoirist

noun

Definition of memoirist

as in autobiographer

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Recent Examples of memoirist 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 The galleries were connected through a series of routes led by curators and notable arts figures, including Lauren Cuthbertson, a principal dancer with London’s Royal Ballet, and memoirist Alice Hattrick. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026 Gray, one of our last great American traditionalists, has also become a particularly resourceful memoirist, though what’s onscreen never feels like a retread. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026 Quintessential Millennial Brooklyn jeweler Catbird recently announced a collab with indie popper Japanese Breakfast, aka bestselling memoirist Michelle Zauner. — Lit Hub Approved, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 One of Browne’s colleagues was poet and memoirist Patricia Hampl, Regents Professor Emerita of English at the University of Minnesota. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026 For decades, Iranian novelist and memoirist Shahrnush Parsipur wrote under the threat of her country’s oppressive laws. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026 But on February 27, fans saw a new side of the memoirist and actor. — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirist

Noun

This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.

— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
Still, for Beyoncé the filmmaker and autobiographer, one narrative-building feat seems to remain out of reach.

— Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023

Definition of autobiographer

Noun

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
The film is based on Nigerian American novelist Tomi Adeyemi’s novel of the same name.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 July 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

In the book, the biographer suggests that their relationship had one major difference to the relationships of their sons.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 28 July 2026
Royal biographer Tina Brown went as far as to suggest that Charles is growing increasingly irritated with William.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 27 July 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

Indigenous filmmakers and screen storytellers often feel pressure to burn sage and show feathers, Riedel says.

— Jennie Punter, Variety, 21 July 2026
Travis Scott as the Bard Travis Scott makes his acting debut as the bard — the ancient Greek storyteller whose voice opens the film.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.

— Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020

Definition of hagiographer

Noun

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
As the Antiguan-American novelist and essayist Jamaica Kincaid sharply observed in her books, the Afro-Caribbean experience is one of defeat, survival, and resistance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

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