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 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

Off-off-Broadway houses, often non-union with minimal budgets, are where many new playwrights get their start because the financial commitment is lowest. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 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