author

Speech parts

1. author - Noun

2. author - Verb

Meaning

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

The editor of a periodical.

An informant.

To occasion; to originate.

To tell; to say; to declare.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

writer source creator composer poet journalist reporter penman biographer generator inventor maker playwright novelist scribe
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Antonyms

terminator tabby prater several few group
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Hypernyms

communicator maker shaper being human individual

Hyponyms

artist composer designer historian journalist poet

Phrases with the word

author's author's plural anonymous author the book of sirach the author be the author first author

Anagrams

Hotaru

Examples

he was the generator of several complaints Source: Internet

She authored this play Source: Internet

1970s and 1980s After the publication and success of Gravity's Rainbow, interest mounted in finding out more about the identity of the author. Source: Internet

287 BC – c. 212 BC) onward, and is usually referred to as "ὁ στοιχειώτης" ("the author of Elements"). Source: Internet

1916 ) * February 14 Frederick Douglass (his day of birth was never established; he adopted this date), American abolitionist author and statesman (d. Source: Internet

19th century In 1804, the author Jean Paul Richter moved from Coburg to Bayreuth, where he lived until his death in 1825. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

authigenous authochthonic authograph author event author fair author festival