Synonyms of scriveners

scriveners

noun

plural of scrivener

1

as in writers

a person who creates a written work

the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writers
• authors
• novelists
• biographers
• litterateurs
• poets
• pens
• storytellers
• men of letters
• women of letters
• scribes
• penmen
• wordsmiths
• scribblers
• screenwriters
• bloggers
• dramatists
• playwrights
• stylists
• reporters
• columnists
• journalists
• memoirists
• ghostwriters
• hagiographers
• fabulists
• autobiographers
• fictionists
• essayists
• cowriters
• pamphleteers
• coauthors
• memorialists
• belletrists
• fictioneers
• hacks
• auteurs
• scriptwriters
• versifiers
• bards
• newspapermen
• romancers
• scenarists
• satirists
• rhymers
• sportswriters
• hatchet men
• wordmongers
• coscenarists
• paragraphers
• prosers
• prosaists
• prosateurs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonauthors

2

as in scribes

one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts

the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scribes
• copyists
• calligraphers
• amanuenses
• penmen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scriveners

To join Chanel and the Women’s Prize Trust in celebrating the launch of their new Originators program, a guest list filled with scriveners, storytellers, and Substackers turned out in droves. — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026