| Main Entry: | author |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composer of written work |
Synonyms: |
biographer, columnist, composer, creator, essayist, ghost, ghostwriter, ink slinger, journalist, originator, playwright, poet, producer, prose writer, reporter, scribbler, scribe, scripter, word slinger, wordsmith, work-for-hire, writer |
| Main Entry: | writer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who composes with language |
Synonyms: |
author, biographer, columnist, contributor, correspondent, critic, dramatist, editor, essayist, freelancer, ghostwriter, journalist, newspaper person, novelist, person of letters, poet, reporter, screenwriter, scribbler, scribe, scripter, stenographer, stringer, wordsmith |
Antonyms: |
reader |
| Main Entry: | interpreter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translator |
Synonyms: |
analyst, annotator, artist, biographer, commentator, critic, decoder, delegate, editor, exegete, explicator, exponent, expositor, glossographer, guide, linguist, paraphraser, philosopher, professor, reviewer, scholar, speaker, spokesperson, writer |
| Notes: | an interpreter converts speech to another language and a translator converts writing to another language |
| Main Entry: | storyteller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | author |
Synonyms: |
bard, biographer, chronicler, fabler, fabulist, minstrel, narrator, poet, raconteur, relator |