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writers

NOUN

person who composes with language

Synonyms

STRONGEST

author biographer columnist correspondent critic dramatist editor essayist journalist novelist poet reporter screenwriter

STRONG

contributor freelancer ghostwriter scribbler scribe stenographer stringer wordsmith

WEAK

newspaper person person of letters scripter

Antonyms

WEAK

reader

Example Sentences

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There are around a dozen other candidates, but none is expected to trouble the headline writers.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

"Expecting it to do it twice, in different cultural weather, with the same writers, is always hard."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

To judge by the letters, Bloom had little time for modern British writers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

So that speaks to what Jon and the writers are doing and what we’re, as a collective, bringing to the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

If they could say what they mean in words, they would surely be writers instead.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson