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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Kindness is a buzzkill for the writers of teenager television.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

I have had the stomach flu this week — the bane of food writers and recipe testers everywhere — which means I haven’t spent much time in the kitchen.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

I do not assign genders to letter writers, but I do try to address all the options available to couples.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

She said playing the registrar who married TV fans' favourites Nessa and Smithy, played by show writers Ruth Jones and James Corden, was a pivotal moment.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

Then, in 1968, I entered a contest for black writers run by the Council on Interracial Books for Children.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers