fictionist
noun
fic·tion·ist ˈfik-sh(ə-)nist 
: a writer of fiction
especially : novelist
Word History
Etymology
fiction + -ist entry 1
First Known Use
1829, in the meaning defined above
fictionist
noun
as in novelist
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- novelist
- fictioneer
- storyteller
- fabulist
- essayist
- autobiographer
- memoirist
- memorialist
- playwright
- romancer
- biographer
- screenwriter
- dramatist
- hagiographer
- scriptwriter
- pamphleteer
- satirist
- poet
- scribbler
- scenarist
- ghostwriter
- proser
- versifier
- prosateur
- cowriter
- prosaist
- wordsmith
- bard
- rhymer
- belletrist
- stylist
- hack
- coauthor
- wordmonger
- hatchet man
- auteur
- coscenarist
- belle-lettrist
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonauthor