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

Throughout Goblikon’s rise to fame, Rispoli has remained his ghostwriter.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of ghostwriter

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

According to Capra biographer Sam Wasson, the 83-year-old director made the trip from Southern California and sent along his own print to screen.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
All this challenges a biographer who would plumb Casey’s decades as chief executive.

— Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

Aaron Lee Tasjan, a close friend of Snider’s, will lead a tribute to the witty wordsmith that will also include John Craigie, Elizabeth Cook, Chuck Prophet, Steve Poltz and other guests.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026
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

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

Rather than treating the tip of South America as a holding pen, Silversea has reimagined it as an alluring and deeply atmospheric destination in its own right.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Literally days before leaving office, the former Biden Under Secretary used the stroke of a (digital) pen to inappropriately expand the closed-school discharge period for certain institutions targeted by the previous Administration.

— Cory Turner, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of pen

Noun

The hack has not affected disbursement or eligibility of grants or scholarships administered through the website, according to the department.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Instagram accounts like @carolyn_iconic, @allforcarolyn, @carolynbessettekennedy and @cbklookbook offer fashion hacks.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of hack

Noun

But that moment wouldn’t hold so much power if Pawlikowski—with the help of his cowriter, Hendrik Handloegten—weren’t so skilled at sketching in the feathery details leading up to it.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
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

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