writer
[noun]
Synonyms: author, hack, novelist, penpusher, scribbler, scribe, wordsmith

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English Thesaurus: writer, author, novelist, poet, playwright, ...

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writ‧er S3 W2 /ˈraɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: writer, writing, rewrite; verb: write, rewrite; adjective: written ≠ unwritten]

1. someone who writes books, stories etc, especially as a job ⇒ author, playwright:
She’s one of my favourite writers.
a science-fiction writer
writer on
a well-known writer on American music
writer of
a writer of children’s stories

2. someone who has written something or who writes in a particular way:
He’s always been a sloppy writer.
writer of
the writer of the previous message on this topic

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

writer
noun
ADJ. celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, great, influential, leading, major, prominent, well-known one of the greatest writers of all time
award-winning | best-selling, popular | favourite | prolific a very prolific crime writer
creative, fine, good, talented one of the best writers in journalism today
experienced | young | aspiring a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published
academic, freelance, ghost (also ghostwriter), professional, staff | anonymous | contemporary, living, modern, recent | ancient, classical, Greek, Roman | Renaissance, Victorian, etc. | sixteenth-century, etc. | early, later early writers in sociology
female, gay, male, woman She gives talks about being a black woman writer.
Christian, communist, feminist, political, socialist | religious, spiritual | comedy, fiction, prose, science-fiction | film, letter, magazine, music, paperback, screenplay, script, short-story, software, textbook | copy, feature, gossip, headline, leader, report | cookery, crime, fashion, food, football, golf, science, sports, thriller, travel | short-hand | the present (written) The present writer (= the person writing) has no experience in microbiology.
WRITER + VERB write sth a popular writer who has written over forty books
argue sth, describe sth, point sth out, put it (written), say sth, suggest sth As one twelfth-century writer put it, English wine could be drunk only with closed eyes and through clenched teeth. Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse?
be interested in sth
PREP. ~ for a freelance feature writer for the Guardian
~ of a writer of children's books
~ on He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
~ to a writer to the letters column
PHRASES an association/a group/a guild of writers, a writer's association/group/guild/union, a writer in residence We have decided not to employ a writer in residence after June.
a writer of the day/period/time Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.
writer's block He's just released a new album after two years of writer's block.
 ⇒ Note at JOB

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

writer

a good/great writer
She was a very good writer.
Dr Johnson was already a great writer at the age of thirty-five.
a fiction/science-fiction/mystery writer
The movie is based on a story by science-fiction writer Phillip K. Dick.
a travel/history/sports etc writer (=someone who writes articles and books about a subject)
This region of Europe does not excite many travel writers.
a prolific writer (=someone who writes a lot of books etc)
He was a prolific writer of everything from poems to essays.
a freelance writer
She now works as a freelance writer.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job:
Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.
a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine
I always wanted to be a writer.
author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book:
Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.
The author will be signing copies of his book.
He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events:
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.
the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
poet someone who writes poems:
a class studying the works of modern American poets
playwright someone who writes plays:
Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past:
the great French dramatist, Moliere
scriptwriter (also screenwriter) someone who writes plays for films or television:
Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website:
a travel blogger
a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English

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