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

In terms of critical reception and production opportunities, Hunter is one of the most successful playwrights of his generation. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

From the table read to backstage to curtain call, Horizon Theatre has been a place for Atlanta playwrights, actors and other artists to tell local stories for 42 years. — Joshua Cole, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Throughout his career, Rudin has been known for bringing newer works from modern playwrights to Broadway, to varying degrees of success,alongside big titles, like Death of a Salesman or Hello, Dolly! — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Big names holding the pen Some celebrated playwrights are theater categories unto themselves. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

In Pravda, Hopkins plays a reptilian-like newspaper magnate modeled by playwrights David Hare and Howard Brenton on Rupert Murdoch. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

The group have publicly endorsed the letter on behalf of The Brigade, a group of over a thousand Jewish filmmakers, executives, playwrights, agents, publicists and allies in the media, music and entertainment industries. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

And very few other Minnesota Fringe playwrights take creative dramatic swings quite like Mariabella Sorini and Alex Church. — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026

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