writernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈraɪ.tər/us/ˈraɪ.t̬ɚ/B1 a person who writes books or articles to be published:
a travel/sports/fiction/crime writer
She is a well-known writer of children's books.
More examples
- The writer has used several complex grammatical constructions.
- He pored over the letter searching for clues about the writer.
- He was a successful businessman before becoming a writer.
- Two writers collaborated on the script for the film.
- He is widely regarded as one of the best writers of our times.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who write for work or pleasure
- adapter
- authorial
- authorship
- chronicle
- co-author
- copywriter
- cub reporter
- ghostwrite
- hack
- investigative journalism
- journalist
- naturalist
- playwright
- poet
- poet laureate
- satirist
- screenwriter
- scribbler
- scriptwriter
- speechwriter
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