writer
- nounADJECTIVE▪ celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, great, important, influential, leading, major, prominent, well-known▪
one of the greatest writers of all time
▪ serious▪ award-winning▪ best-selling, popular, successful▪ favourite/favorite▪ prolific▪a very prolific crime writer
▪ accomplished, creative, fine, gifted, good, talented▪one of the best writers in journalism today
▪ experienced, published▪ young▪ aspiring▪a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published
▪ freelance, full-time, professional▪ contributing, senior, staff (all esp. AmE)▪ anonymous, ghost (usually ghostwriter)▪ contemporary, living, modern, recent▪ ancient, classical, Greek, Roman▪ Renaissance, Victorian, etc.▪ modernist, post-colonial▪ 16th-century, etc.▪ early, later▪early writers in sociology
▪ black, female, gay, male, woman▪She gives talks about being a black woman writer.
▪ Christian, communist, feminist, political, socialist▪ religious, spiritual▪ academic, technical▪ fiction, prose▪ comedy, crime, mystery, romance, science-fiction, sci-fi, thriller▪ baseball, cookbook (esp. AmE), cookery (BrE), fashion, food, football, golf, nature, science, sports, travel▪ copy (usually copywriter), editorial (esp. AmE), feature, headline, leader (BrE), magazine, newspaper (esp. AmE), speech▪ comic-book, short-story, textbook▪ film, screen (usually screenwriter), script (usually scriptwriter), television, TV▪ music, song (usually songwriter)▪ software▪ letter, report▪ shorthand (BrE)▪ the present (written)▪The present writer (= the person writing) has no experience in microbiology.
WRITER + VERB▪ write sth▪a popular writer who has written over forty books
▪ argue sth, describe sth, point sth out, put it, say sth, suggest sth▪As one writer put it, English wine could be drunk only with closed eyes and through clenched teeth.
▪Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse?
▪ be interested in sth▪ draw on sth▪The writer drew on his own experience to write this script.
PREPOSITION▪ as writer▪her career as a writer
▪ writer for▪a freelance feature writer for Time
▪ writer of▪a writer of children's books
▪ writer on▪He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
PHRASES▪ a group of writers, a writer's group▪ a writer in residence▪We have decided not to employ a writer in residence after June.
▪ a writer of the day, period, time, etc.▪Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.
▪ writer's block▪He's just released a new album after two years of writer's block.
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Writer — Writ er, n. [AS. wr[=i]tere.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. [1913 Webster] They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. [1913 Webster] My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
writer — writer, author, composer can all denote a person who gives expression to his ideas or feelings, but they are not as a rule synonyms. Writer is a comprehensive term applied to someone whose occupation or chief employment is that of expressing… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
writer — (n.) O.E. writere one who can write, clerk; one who produces books or literary compositions, agent noun from writan (see WRITE (Cf. write) (v.)). Meaning sign painter is from 1837. Writer s cramp attested by 1853; writer s block by 1950 … Etymology dictionary
writer — index amanuensis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
writer — /ˈvraiter, ingl. ˈraɪtə(r)/ [vc. ingl., propr. «scrittore»] s. m. e f. inv. graffitaro, graffitista … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
writer — [n] person who composes with language author, biographer, columnist, contributor, correspondent, critic, dramatist, editor, essayist, freelancer, ghostwriter, journalist, newspaper person, novelist, person of letters, poet, reporter, screenwriter … New thesaurus
writer — ► NOUN 1) a person who has written a particular text, or who writes books or articles as an occupation. 2) Computing a device that writes data to a storage medium … English terms dictionary
writer — [rīt′ər] n. 1. a person who writes 2. a person whose work or occupation is writing; now, specif., an author, journalist, or the like … English World dictionary
Writer — OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Writer Document OpenOffice.org … Wikipédia en Français
writer — The person who sells an option in return for a premium and is obligated to perform when the holder exercises his right under the option contract. Also referred to as the option seller. Chicago Board of Trade glossary One who sells an option. A… … Financial and business terms
