scribbler

Noun

Meaning

One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.

A scribbling machine.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

penman scribe hack scrawler author poet writer copyist wordsmith doodler literary hack second-rate writer blotter composer journalist
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Antonyms

destroyer audience conclusion conservative amateur dictator
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Hypernyms

journalist writer

Examples

Who. you ask, is this fellow? - What matter names? He is only a scribbler who is content. James Branch Cabell

I wanted to be a great literary novelist so that people would eventually talk about Alan Coren the scribbler and father of the great Giles. Giles Coren

I like to work as much as I can, but I only really have the hiatus to work on other projects. I've kept myself busy recently. I voiced a character in 'Ice Age 4,' which was a lot of fun. I also did another small movie called 'The Scribbler.' Kunal Nayyar

On a small planet, where minute follows minute, day follows day, year follows year, where tradition marches on with a deafening, orderly beat -sometimes the order is disturbed by a dreamer, an artist, a scribbler - sometimes the beat is changed one person at a time. Mary E. Pearson

Close letter words and terms

scribblemania scribblement scribbleomania scribbleress scribblery scribblesome