writer

Speech parts

1. writer - Noun

2. Writer - Proper noun

Meaning

One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.

A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

author secretary schiller bard stoker gazetteer artist historian poet journalist composer interpreter clerk reporter chronicler
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Antonyms

few group destroyer lecturer lector audience
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Hypernyms

occupation communicator literate literate person

Hyponyms

author poet composer historian journalist reporter

Related terms

writing write

Phrases with the word

prose writer manifold writer slate writer fiction writer medieval music writer dictionary writer

Anagrams

werrit

Examples

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. Karl Marx

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. Thomas Mann

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can. Lafcadio Hearn

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. Rod Serling

Even the best writer has to erase sometimes. Spanish Proverb

A successful writer has a good memory and hopes that others do not have it. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

writedown writee writeoff writer of an advice column writer of novels writer of poetry