SCRIPTWRITER Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

scriptwriter

noun

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as in screenwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, whom Hegseth installed after firing Cao’s predecessor, then weighed in with a Hollywood scriptwriter’s cheesy panache to say the incident debrief was complete. — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 The goal every amateur scriptwriter had written, and then thrown in the bin for not being quite spectacular enough. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for scriptwriter

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Noun

The film earned its credited screenwriter career-defining Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, and the Writers Guild Award for Original Screenplay.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
She is joined by screenwriter and producer Ana Vujadinovic at Montenegrin company Giggling Goat Production.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

Noun

Renowned playwright, screenwriter, director and author Mamet is also being recognized for his career, which has spanned more than five decades.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
The color is red velvet; the sound brims with sickly pulses and crocodile-teeth percussion; the playwright is a cross between Charlie Kaufman and Muse.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of playwright

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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

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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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The gerrymandered legislative districts will no doubt help Republicans keep their supermajority, but there is much good Jolly can bring — if nothing more than his veto pen.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
These include tons of fun stationery items like cards, journals, pens and other paper goods.

— Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026

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