MEMORIALIST Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

memorialist

noun

Definition of memorialist

as in autobiographer

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Recent Examples of memorialist With No One Gets To Fall Apart, LaBrie’s memoir writing solidifies her as a powerful memorialist. — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024 Alan White and famed rock member memorialist Cynthia Plaster Caster. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2022

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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

According to biographer William Shawcross, author of The Queen Mother, Elizabeth finally said yes in 1923.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

The novel, per its synopsis, follows the son of a famed novelist, who leaves behind an unfinished manuscript after his death.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Neill plays an insurance investigator named John Trent, who visits a small town to find a missing horror novelist.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

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

Definition of memoirist

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

Koosha in a director’s statement argued storytellers should not feel threatened by AI tools.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Anthony approaches music with the heart of a storyteller and the instincts of a poet, creating sound worlds that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

James Baldwin, a poet, activist and essayist, is one of the most influential figures in American history.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 16 June 2026
There also lies the influence of Chilean essayist Pedro Lemebel, braided into Delgado Lopera’s narrative of a father, Ignacio; his 12-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Valentina; and his trans mother, Mamadora Eléctrica, inspired by the author’s own trans mother, Adela Vázquez.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

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