SCRIPTWRITER Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

scriptwriter

noun

Definition of scriptwriter

as in screenwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter Turn ChatGPT into a strategist, an analyst, a hook researcher, a structural editor, and a scriptwriter trained on your voice. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 On this occasion, there were no jostling journalists, no opportunistic influencers and no sign of the Hollywood scriptwriter looking to buy the rights to a story that has resonated around the world. — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025 Head scriptwriter Erik Ahrnbom (Thin Blue Line, Keep It Together) joins for season 2 alongside writers Maria Nygren (Meaning of Life, Love & Anarchy) and Martin Larsson (Keep It Together). — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025 Both play it perfectly straight, which only adds to the enjoyment of a near-perfect people pleaser, and scriptwriter Ben Hopkins is clearly having a field day. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scriptwriter

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Noun

Levy also directed produced Deadpool & Wolverine for Marvel and 20th Century Studios and is reteaming with Gosling and Starfighter screenwriter Jonathan Tropper on a Ghost Rider movie.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
That combination—young, British, relatively under the radar, and already connected to the screenwriter—has made Barton one of the more intriguing names to emerge from the search.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

Noun

Our mission is to support readers and writers of all ages and histories, and to build community through fiction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Information for this article was contributed by Sammy Westfall of The Washington Post and staff writers of The Associated Press.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of writer

Noun

Reflecting on his career as a whole, Domingo says he is often guided by advice from prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, part of which adorns his left arm as a tattoo.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Off-screen, Lange has three kids, having welcomed a daughter with ex-boyfriend Mikhail Baryshnikov and two children with the late playwright Sam Shepard.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of playwright

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Since Don Juan was introduced in 1630 by dramatist Tirso de Molina, the Spanish Lothario has appeared in numerous re-interpretations, but perhaps the most important debuted a century ago.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
One of Gary Graves’ biggest strengths as a dramatist is that nary a word feels wasteful when written by him.

— Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 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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Even small items like mason jars can be repurposed to hold pens and pencils or makeup brushes, the Salvation Army team says.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 25 Sep. 2026
According to the Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Insights survey from July, more than half of entrepreneurs use spreadsheets to record and manage transactions, and close to a third still rely on pen and paper.

— Carson Brunson, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

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