| 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: | man of letters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man of learning |
Synonyms: |
belletrist, brain, educated person, intellectual, literary craftsman, literary scholar, litterateur, savant, scholar, walking encyclopedia, wordsmith |
| Main Entry: | lexicographer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictionary writer |
Synonyms: |
definer, dictionarist, dictionary editor, dictionary maker, etymologist, glossarian, glossarist, glossographer, glossologist, glottologist, lexicographist, lexicologist, linguist, philologer, philologian, philologist, phonetician, phoneticist, phonologist, polyglot, vocabulist, wordsmith |