Synonyms of playwrights

playwrights

noun

plural of playwright

as in writers

a person who writes plays

The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.

Related Words

• writers
• dramatists
• authors
• screenwriters
• storytellers
• poets
• stylists
• scriptwriters
• wordsmiths
• scenarists
• litterateurs
• bards
• pens
• novelists
• cowriters
• auteurs
• scribblers
• penmen
• biographers
• coauthors
• belletrists
• scriveners
• autobiographers
• scribes
• fictionists
• ghostwriters
• memoirists
• hagiographers
• essayists
• reporters
• memorialists
• journalists
• fictioneers
• fabulists
• hacks
• pamphleteers
• hatchet men
• romancers
• coscenarists
• satirists
• wordmongers
• versifiers
• columnists
• bloggers
• newspapermen
• sportswriters
• rhymers
• prosers
• prosaists
• paragraphers
• prosateurs

Dissimilar Words

• nonwriters
• nonauthors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of playwrights

Since becoming Main Street Players’ artistic director last fall, Sara Jarrell has been working to broaden that company’s commitment to original work, local playwrights and artistic collaboration. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 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

Because small productions require the least financial commitment, off-off-Broadway is where a lot of new playwrights get their start. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

Inspired by Shakespeare and other great playwrights, Fadia deals with honor killings, that darkest of topics, while saying plenty more about society. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 July 2026

The local trend has continued, bolstered by new adaptations by popular playwrights such as Jeffrey Hatcher or Ken Ludwig. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

That prospect was growing dimmer a few years later when playwrights such as Suzan-Lori Parks and Lynn Nottage came into prominence. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

On stage, Marvel has collaborated with playwrights and directors Edward Albee, Caryl Churchill, Jon Robin Baitz, and Ivo van Hove. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026

Six Southwest Asian and North African playwrights from four states have developed new work as part of the theater company’s incubator program. — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 3 June 2026