A writer is a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job.
Turner is a writer and critic.
...detective stories by American writers.
...novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux.
...Frank Keating, this paper's respected sports writer.
Synonyms: author, novelist, hack, columnist More Synonyms of writer
2. countable noun
The writer of a particular article, report, letter, or story is the person who wrote it.
No-one is to see the document without the permission of the writer of the report. [+ of]
His handwriting did not match that of the letter writer.
writer in British English
(ˈraɪtə)
noun
1.
a person who writes books, articles, etc, esp as an occupation
2.
the person who has written something specified
3.
a person who is able to write or write well
4.
a scribe or clerk
5.
a composer of music
6. Scottish
a legal practitioner, such as a notary or solicitor
7. Writer to the Signet
writer in American English
(ˈraɪtər)
noun
1.
a person who writes
2.
a person whose work or occupation is writing; now, specif., an author, journalist, or the like
COBUILD Collocations
writer
accomplished writer
aspiring writer
comedy writer
fiction writer
food writer
freelance writer
great writer
headline writer
leader writer
prolific writer
struggling writer
successful writer
travel writer
woman writer
Examples of 'writer' in a sentence
writer
Pop journalism was really my only option but I had no ambitions to be a great music writer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You can see and touch the books he read, and read or listen to the writers' letters.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Lodge is a critic as well as a writer, and his down-to-earth stories have a nice blend of the worldly and the ingenious.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is a reasonable contention that a good writer should be able to say anything they need to inside 500 pages, and preferably half that.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She was a very special writer and her death is a great loss to comedy.
The Sun (2016)
Do you have a writer or composer on staff in your organization?
Christianity Today (2000)
Suddenly my dream to be a great writer came back.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
No music writer of his generation could match his grasp of popular music.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
For the most part the letter writers seem sanguine.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
European monarchs were also great letter writers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The studios will pay what they have to to obtain writers able to make their shows a success.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Her life as a distinguished art critic and writer and as an influential politician seemed to be over.
Paul Preston DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002)
Its pages are full of wide-ranging reminiscences about encountering the writing as well as the writer.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
Shouldn't a respected writer be able to use his imagination?
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The writer is back at his desk, bruised and with some of his public standing lost.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
He was also a classical composer, a writer of fiction and a visual artist.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The idea of working as a journalist appeals to her -- she is an enthusiastic letter writer.
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But her skill as a writer and critic have been overlooked because she threw in her lot with the detested Mosley.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The following Monday, the writer comes back with his drafts.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Critics and fellow writers admired them, but grew increasingly weary with the deranged self-consciousness of it all.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And with that, actors and writer head back into the rehearsal room, dusting down their universes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Failing to land a satisfactory job as a writer or a journalist, he switched to advertising, although with little enthusiasm.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Quotations
The wise writer ... writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterwardF. Scott FitzgeraldSome Sort of Epic Grandeur
Some editors are failed writers - but so are most writersT.S. Eliot
Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grindersWalter BagehotEstimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen
In other languages
writer
British English: writer /ˈraɪtə/ NOUN
A writer is a person whose job is writing books, stories, or articles.
...detective stories by male writers.
American English: writer
Arabic: كَاتِب
Brazilian Portuguese: escritor
Chinese: 作者
Croatian: pisac
Czech: spisovatel
Danish: forfatter
Dutch: schrijver
European Spanish: escritor
Finnish: kirjailija
French: écrivain
German: Schriftsteller
Greek: συγγραφέας
Italian: scrittore
Japanese: 作家
Korean: 저자
Norwegian: forfatter
Polish: pisarz
European Portuguese: escritor
Romanian: scriitor
Russian: писатель
Latin American Spanish: escritor
Swedish: författare
Thai: นักเขียน
Turkish: yazar
Ukrainian: письменник
Vietnamese: nhà văn
All related terms of 'writer'
CD writer
A CD writer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a CD.
DVD writer
A DVD writer is the same as a → DVD burner .
food writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job .
hack writer
a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
sign writer
someone whose job is to produce signs for businesses
comedy writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
crime writer
a writer who writes detective fiction
ghost writer
A ghost writer is someone who writes a book or other published work instead of the person who is named as the author.
great writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job .
horror writer
a writer of horror fiction or horror stories
leader writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
letter-writer
a person who writes letters or communications
lyric writer
someone who writes lyrics
prose writer
a person who writes prose
serial writer
someone who writes novels , dramas , etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
space writer
a writer paid by the area of his or her copy
sports writer
A sports writer is a journalist who writes about sport.
story writer
a writer of stories
travel writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
woman writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
aspiring writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job .
feature writer
a newspaper or magazine journalist who writes feature articles
fiction writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job .
headline writer
The writer of a particular article , report , letter, or story is the person who wrote it.
prolific writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job .
symphony writer
a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition , usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
western writer
a person who writes westerns
freelance writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job .
shorthand writer
a person trained to write in shorthand
struggling writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job .
successful writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job .
writer's block
an inability to think of ideas, which writers sometimes suffer from
writer's cramp
a muscular spasm or temporary paralysis of the muscles of the thumb and first two fingers caused by prolonged writing
accomplished writer
A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
short story writer
a person who writes short stories
Writer to the Signet
(in Scotland ) a member of an ancient society of solicitors , now having the exclusive privilege of preparing crown writs
Chinese translation of 'writer'
writer
(ˈraɪtəʳ)
n(c)
(= author) 作家 (zuòjiā) (位, wèi)
[of report, document etc]作者 (zuòzhě)
(noun)
Definition
a person whose job is writing
detective stories by American writers
Synonyms
author
She's the author of the book `Give your Child Music'.
novelist
The key to success as a romantic novelist is absolute belief in your story.
hack
tabloid hacks, always eager to find a story
columnist
scribbler
scribe
another scribe had added the last words
essayist
penman or woman
wordsmith
man or woman of letters
penpusher
littérateur
penny-a-liner (rare)
see also subject word lists:
See DiaristsSee DramatistsSee NovelistsSee Poetry
subject word lists
See Children's writersSee Short story writersSee Non-fiction writers
Quotations
The wise writer ... writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward [F. Scott Fitzgerald – Some Sort of Epic Grandeur]Some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers [T.S. Eliot]Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders [Walter Bagehot – Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of hack
Definition
a writer or journalist who produces work fast and on a regular basis
tabloid hacks, always eager to find a story
Synonyms
reporter,
writer,
correspondent,
journalist,
scribbler,
contributor,
hackette (derogatory),
literary hack,
penny-a-liner,
Grub Street writer
in the sense of novelist
Definition
a writer of novels
The key to success as a romantic novelist is absolute belief in your story.
Synonyms
author,
writer
in the sense of scribe
Definition
a person who made handwritten copies of manuscripts or documents before the invention of printing