screenwriter

noun

Definition of screenwriternext
as in playwright

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Recent Examples of screenwriter While a bright teen with auditory hallucinations makes for a fun, provocative lead character, screenwriter-director Kelly never goes much beyond the surface zaniness of Donnie. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026 An American screenwriter and showrunner, Guzikowski’s Raised by Wolves — following two androids raising human children following the destruction of the Earth in a great war — aired for two seasons. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 The character of Erika, a writer and intellectual with her own range of uneasy connections to Germany—she’ll encounter an ex-husband and an ex-lover there—is a screenwriter’s convenience, a walking plot-production machine. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2026 The screenwriter for Georgia Oakley’s 2026 adaptation starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles grew up watching the 1995 version, from screenwriter and star Emma Thompson. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 19 Oct. 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
  • Head south of the border for a chilling crime documentary about José Luis Calva Zepeda, a poet and playwright in Mexico City who used his way with words to woo women.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Many were fans of Churchill, 88, who is widely considered one of the greatest living playwrights.
    — Mariah Kreutter, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of playwright
Noun
  • Orson and scriptwriter Howard Koch moved the story from 1890s London to contemporary New York.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • If the writer is a scriptwriter, the translator is the actor; if the writer is a composer, the translator is the musician; if the writer is a choreographer, the translator is the dancer.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of scriptwriter
Noun
  • In 2020, the New York Times identified a network of 1,300 news sites that paid freelance writers to produce biased content for Republican groups and corporate public relations firms.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Between 2024 and 2026, first-time directors or writers made more than a third of Netflix’s Korean titles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of writer
Noun
  • But as an emerging actor and dramatist with a young family, such an extended outbreak could end his career, forcing him to pursue another livelihood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • All four movies exhibit Mackenzie’s knack for trenchant social and political commentary slightly heightened by his elegance as a dramatist and visceral genre filmmaker, and all are accompanied by illuminating supplements.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dramatist
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Some 104,643 defective pens were returned in the first 8 months of sales.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Rug Island — named after a season two episode where the characters use their imagination to create an island from a rug, throw cushions and colored pens — comes on a green and orange LP.
    — Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pen

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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenwriter. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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