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

Jack Hirsch, biographer of Anthony’s husband, Olympic and pro boxing champ Michael Spinks, confirmed the news to Anthony’s longtime publication New York Amsterdam News.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Anthony’s death was confirmed to Variety by Jack Hirsch, the biographer of Anthony’s husband, Michael Spinks.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

Other competition highlights include Milo from director Nicole Garcia (Oran), a French drama featuring Marion Cotillard and Lurker star Théodore Pellerin; and In My Father’s Room, the directorial debut of Japanese novelist Maha Harada.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
What the novelist is getting at here resonates far beyond a single celebrity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of novelist

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

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

The festival has long been a launch pad for Black filmmakers and storytellers and provides opportunities for master classes, networking and independent film screenings.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Think 19th century photographic storytellers Julia Margaret Cameron and Oscar Gustave Rejlander.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of storyteller

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
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

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