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Writer

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

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Abstracter 76% connected

One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

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Alliterator 76% connected

One who alliterates.

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Authoress 76% connected

A female author.

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Biographer 76% connected

One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.

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Commentator 76% connected

One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.

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Compiler 76% connected

One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

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Diarist 76% connected

One who keeps a diary.

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Dramatist 76% connected

The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.

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Essayist 76% connected

A writer of an essay, or of essays.

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Framer 76% connected

One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution.

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Ghost 76% connected

The spirit; the soul of man.

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

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Journalist 76% connected

One who keeps a journal or diary.

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Librettist 76% connected

One who makes a libretto.

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Litterateur 76% connected

One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.

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Lyrist 76% connected

A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.

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Novelist 76% connected

An innovator; an asserter of novelty.

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Pamphleteer 76% connected

A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler.

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Paragrapher 76% connected

A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.

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Playwright 76% connected

A maker or adapter of plays.

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Poet 76% connected

One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.

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Polemic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theolo…

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Polemicist 76% connected

A polemic.

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Polemist 76% connected

A polemic.

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Reviewer 76% connected

One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional cr…

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Rhymer 76% connected

One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

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Rhymester 76% connected

A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry.

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Scrawler 76% connected

One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.

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Scribbler 76% connected

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

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Speller 76% connected

One who spells.

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Tragedian 76% connected

A writer of tragedy.

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Transcriber 76% connected

One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a copyist.

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Versifier 76% connected

One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet.

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Communicator 76% connected

One who communicates.

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Literate 76% connected

Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

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Author 74% connected

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

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Author 74% connected

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

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Authorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an author.

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Authorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an author.

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Write 74% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Write 74% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Writing 74% connected

of Write

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Writing 74% connected

of Write

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Synonym 1

Author 92% connected

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

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