SCRIBBLER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

scribbler

noun

Definition of scribbler

as in ghostwriter

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Recent Examples of scribbler Considering that other characters can see him, young Marcel is presumably more than just a projection of the scribbler’s subconscious. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 June 2025 Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024 We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd. — Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023 This was a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing conga line of events too ludicrous for even the most brazen Hollywood script scribblers. — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for scribbler

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Noun

But by the end of the movie, Verity is dead and her publishing empire has been usurped by her ghostwriter.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Vanity Fair’s global editorial director, Mark Guiducci, recently received an unsolicited email from a ghostwriter trying to sell him their services.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of ghostwriter

Noun

There’s an irony in this prominent liberal writer’s lack of interest in actual politics — in any kind of collective solidarity that might extend beyond the county line.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Nancy Slonim Aronie, a writer and artist friend on the Vineyard, had a more alarming experience after she was rushed to a hospital in Boston in January for open heart surgery.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of writer

Noun

Politically savvy, wickedly and playfully witty, and in close touch with humanity’s many facets, Roger Simon was among the most admired newspaper columnists of his generation at a time when that world was rich in that species of wordsmiths.

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026
Kerri comes from an improv background but is also a technical wordsmith.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026

Definition of wordsmith

Noun

But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.

— Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020

Definition of hagiographer

Noun

The report found that 13% of respondents rely on spreadsheets or pen and paper.

— Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
As the air alarm sounds over Izium, the children drop their drawing pens, tubes of glue, and felt-cutting scissors in unison and make for the door.

— Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of pen

Noun

As the cowriter, director, and star of the Leonard Bernstein drama, Cooper was ever-present during the awards campaign.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Ingrid Goes West is a blistering social-media satire from director and cowriter Matt Spicer, who also directed the Netflix original Little Brother.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026

Definition of cowriter

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