| 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: | 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: | bohemian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
Synonyms: |
artist, beatnik, dilettante, flower child, free spirit, gypsy, hippie*, iconoclast, writer |
| Main Entry: | commentator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
Synonyms: |
analyst, annotator, announcer, correspondent, critic, expositor, interpreter, observer, pundit, reviewer, sportscaster, writer |
| Main Entry: | composer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | songwriter |
Synonyms: |
melodist, serialist, singer-songwriter, songsmith, songster, tunesmith, writer |
| Main Entry: | correspondent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person communicating in writing |
Synonyms: |
contributor, epistler, epistolarian, freelancer, gazetteer, journalist, letter writer, pen pal, reporter, stringer, writer |
| Main Entry: | journalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes about factual events for a living |
Synonyms: |
announcer, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, pencil pusher, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, scrivener, stringer, television commentator, writer |
| Main Entry: | narrator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storyteller |
Synonyms: |
author, chronicler, describer, novelist, raconteur, reporter, teller of tales, writer, yarn spinner |
| Main Entry: | newsman/newswoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
Synonyms: |
anchor, anchor man/woman, anchor person, announcer, columnist, copy editor, correspondent, cub, editor, foreign correspondent, ink slinger, interviewer, investigative reporter, journalist, legman/woman, newscaster, newshound, newspaperman/woman, newswriter, pressman/ woman, stringer, war correspondent, writer |
| Main Entry: | playwright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes for the theater |
Synonyms: |
author, dramatist, dramaturge, dramaturgist, librettist, scenarist, scripter, tragedian, writer |