screenwriter

noun

Definition of screenwriternext
as in playwright

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Recent Examples of screenwriter Tony Rayns, the British writer, festival programmer and screenwriter who spent decades introducing Western audiences to East Asian cinema, has died at 77. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026 As solely a screenwriter, Helgeland wrote Man on Fire and Green Zone. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 July 2026 The doctor shown in the quick scene, showrunner Nick Antosca reveals to PEOPLE, is Wesley Strick, the screenwriter behind 1991’s Cape Fear movie. — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 March knew the Hollywood milieu well, having worked as a screenwriter during the transition from silents to talking pictures. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for screenwriter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
  1. playwright
  2. scriptwriter
  3. writer
  4. dramatist
  5. scenarist
  6. pen
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
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  • Shanghainese scriptwriter Zhang interwove her personal experience into the script, with more than 50% of the dialogue spoken in the Shanghai dialect.
    — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • Undiluted drama, pure cinema and narratives that even the best scriptwriters in Hollywood would struggle to muster up.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Definition of scriptwriter
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  • Rafael Peña is a travel journalist and writer whose work appears in Travel + Leisure, Cruise Critic, and The Miami Herald, a partnership with DETOUR.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Co-writer Barrett is the creator of Friday Beers and co-founder of Almost Friday Media, who, in 2020, formed the company’s original sketch comedy crew of Liam Cullagh, Angus, Chet Collins and Billy Langdon.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 July 2026
Definition of writer
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  • 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
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  • Liberal scenarists will be left wondering what if, though, as Congresswoman Katie Porter will end up notching more than 400,000 votes — enough, potentially, to have given Steyer the win had the fellow liberal Democrat dropped out.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Definition of scenarist
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  • Students who want on-the-go organization will appreciate this backpack’s many pockets and dedicated slots for pens, laptops, cables, and valuables.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Jealous of Alex's budding connections, Jebin chose to express his thoughts on pen and paper.
    — Joelle Goldstein, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of pen

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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenwriter. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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