Writer

Noun

 * 1) A person who writes, or produces literary work.
 * Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer!

Synonyms

 * author
 * See also Thesaurus:writer

Derived terms

 * copy writer
 * diary-writer
 * ghost writer
 * space writer

Related terms

 * write
 * writing

Adjectives for Writer
outstanding; foremost; verbose; nature; world-famous;  fatigued;   controversial; credible; ancient; profane; neo-romantic; prolific; theoretic; travel; authoritative; ecclesiastical; illustrious; distinguished; public; opera; miscellaneous; quaint; sociological; sensational; inspiring; discouraged unscientific; impressionistic;  well-known promising; juvenile; wretched; designing seduced; eminent; vivacious; historical roguish; original; anonymous; polemical tragic; imaginative; convincing; passionate discriminating; splendid; creative; influential; monkish; native; fertile; talented; thoughtful; philosophical; early; copious; ghost; practised; vigorous; estimable; nondescript; classic; revolutionary; charming; meritorious; previous; prose; diestical; voluminous; reputed; embryo; entertaining.

Verbs for Writer
acclaim—; honor—; immortalize—; inspire —; laud—; —climaxes; —clothes in; — colors; —composes; —concocts; —couches in; —dashes off; —decries; —depicts; — elucidates; —eulogizes; —fabricates; —fas¬cinates; —infers; —interprets; —libels; — molds; —narrates; —pens; —plagiarizes; —portrays; —recounts; —relates; —reports; —slanders; —soliloquizes; —styles; —unfolds; —vitalizes; —voices; —weaves.

Thesaurus
addressee, advertising writer, amanuensis, annalist, art critic, author, authoress, belletrist, bibliographer, calligrapher, chirographer, clerk, coauthor, collaborator, columnist, communicator, compiler, composer, copier, copyist, copywriter, correspondent, creative writer, critic, dance critic, descanter, diarist, discourser, disquisitor, drama critic, dramatist, encyclopedist, essayist, expositor, free lance, free-lance writer, ghost, ghostwriter, humorist, inditer, ink spiller, inkslinger, letter writer, letterer, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, magazine writer, man of letters, monographer, monographist, music critic, newspaperman, novelettist, novelist, pamphleteer, pen, pen pal, pencil driver, penman, penner, penwoman, poet, prose writer, recording secretary, reviewer, scenario writer, scenarist, scribbler, scribe, scriptwriter, scrivener, secretary, short-story writer, storyteller, technical writer, tractation, transcriber, word painter, word-slinger, wordsmith

Etymology
From, from

Translations

 * Arabic: كاتب
 * Armenian: գրող
 * Basque: idazle
 * Belarusian: пісьменнік
 * Catalan: escriptor
 * Chechen: яздархо
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 作家
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forfatter
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: skribanto,  virskribanto,  skribantino,  skribisto,  virskribisto,  skribistino,  verkisto,  virverkisto,  verkistino
 * Ewe: nuŋlɔla
 * Finnish:, kirjailija
 * French: ,
 * German: Schriftsteller,  Schriftstellerin,  Autor,  Autorin,  Schreiber,  Schreiberin
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: סופר, סוֹפֵר, סופרת, סוֹפֶרֶת
 * Hindi: लेखक, लेखिका
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: penulis, pengarang
 * Interlingua: scriptor
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 著者, 作家, 筆者
 * Kashubian: pisôrz, pisôrka


 * Korean: 작가 (作家)
 * Kurdish:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: scriptor, scriptrix
 * Lithuanian:, , autorius, autorė
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Manx: screeudeyr
 * Marathi:
 * Norwegian: forfatter,
 * Occitan: escrivan
 * Persian: نویسنده
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, scriitoare, autor ( de cărți)
 * Russian: писатель, писательница, автор
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: pisac, pisatelj , pisateljica , spisatelj , spisateljica
 * Slovak: spisovateľ
 * Slovene:, pisateljica, pisec
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: skribent (of shorter articles, speeches, etc.); författare (of books)
 * Thai:
 * Turkmen: ýazyjy
 * Ukrainian: письменник
 * Urdu: لیکھک
 * Vietnamese: nhà văn
 * Volapük: lautan,  hilautan,  jilautan
 * Yiddish: שריפֿטשטעלער,  שריפֿטשטעלערין,  שרײַבער,  שרײַבערין