author - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for author ?

Here are the synonyms for author , a list of similar words for author from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

someone who originates or causes or initiates something

Synonyms

• author
• generator
• source

More generic

• maker
• shaper

More specific

• coiner

Noun

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Synonyms

• author
• writer

More generic

• communicator

More specific

• Gothic romancer
• abstracter
• abstractor
• alliterator
• authoress
• biographer
• coauthor
• commentator
• compiler
• contributor
• cyberpunk
• drafter
• dramatist
• essayist
• folk writer
• framer
• gagman
• gagster
• gagwriter
• ghost
• ghostwriter
• hack
• hack writer
• joint author
• journalist
• librettist
• literary hack
• litterateur
• lyricist
• lyrist
• novelist
• pamphleteer
• paragrapher
• playwright
• poet
• poetiser
• poetizer
• polemic
• polemicist
• polemist
• reviewer
• rhymer
• rhymester
• scenarist
• scriptwriter
• space writer
• speechwriter
• tragedian
• versifier
• word-painter
• wordmonger
• wordsmith

Verb

be the author of

Synonyms

• author

More generic

• compose
• indite
• pen
• write

More specific

• co-author
• ghost
• ghostwrite

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