PAMPHLETEER Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

pamphleteer

noun

Definition of pamphleteer

as in essayist

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Recent Examples of pamphleteer To be a good poet or pamphleteer, like Thomas Paine or Samuel Johnson, requires a kind of day-to-day daring, with triumphs made in conversation and correspondence; a good banker or stockbroker makes his in columns of numbers. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026 Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured. — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026 Turning from his father’s trade of corset-making, Paine tried his hand at business, met and impressed Benjamin Franklin in London, sailed to America, and there found his true metier as a pamphleteer and radical. — Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025 Even with all his diplomatic ties, Franklin was powerless to assist Platt because of the Treason Act’s suspension of habeas corpus. Advertisement Newspaper editors and pamphleteers circulated stories about the horrible conditions in the British prisons holding thousands of Americans. — Time, 9 July 2025 However Elena’s modelling career takes off, while Eddie spends his days wandering the streets of New York getting into fights with pamphleteers. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 May 2024 His politics have been likened to those of William Cobbett, the English pamphleteer and working-class advocate. — Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024

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Noun

As a fan of Debutiful, I was thrilled to be part of launching his career as a personal essayist.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Robin Myers is a poet, translator, essayist, and 2023 NEA Translation Fellow.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

Definition of essayist

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 theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.

— Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of dramatist

Noun

Range has inked award-winning playwright, showrunner, producer, writer, and director Gary Lennon.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Since the first Interview episodes, Jones and Hannah Moscovitch, both playwrights, have imbued the series with a kind of meta-argument for the power of art in times of tremendous turmoil.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of playwright

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

Harvey is a comedian and satirist who, as Count Binface, has run against three prime ministers in the past decade.

— Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 10 July 2026
Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher, center left, applauds for John Mellencamp during the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Bill Maher.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of satirist

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