Author

/ˈɔː.θə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "author" (292 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Noun(20 words)

writer angelouarticle draftauteur balzac beaumarchais beckett boccaccio bookman borges bradbury calvino chateaubriand chaucerchronicle the growthcolette compose conan contributor contributors

actoradvertising writeragent ancestor ancestors annalist apprentice architectart criticartificer artist authoress bear beget begetter beginner belletrist bibliographer breedbring about

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bring forthbring to effectbring to passbuilder catalyst cause causer coauthor collaborate collaborator columnist compiler compose composer conceive conceiver constructor copywriter

Verb(1 words)

blogged

Strong matches (87)

Noun(18 words)

craft create creators defoe develop document essayist faulkner founder galsworthy generator gogol gorkiy gorky heinlein ibsen invent inventor

Verb(1 words)

craft a poster

craftsman createcreative writercreator criticdance criticdash offdescanter designer deviser diarist discourser discoverer disquisitor do doerdrama criticdramatist editorialize effect

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effector effectuate encyclopedist engender engenderer engineer essayist establish executant executor executrix expositor fabricator father forerunner formulate found founder framerfree lancefree-lancefree-lance writergenerate generator gestate ghost ghostwrite ghostwritergive birth togive occasion togive origin togive rise togrower humorist inaugurate inaugurator indite inditer industrialist initiator innovator inspirer instigator institute institutor introducer inventor journeyman

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Noun(58 words)

kazantzakis keillor kerouac kipling knuth koontz layamon lermontov lovecraft lucianmallarmémalory maupassant mcguffey milton naipaul nonfictionist original originate originator

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penning pens pirandello poet poster posters pynchon rabelais rifer rimbaud rolvaag scribbler scribblers script scripts scrivener signers songwriter source spenser sponsors stendhal strabo submitter thackeray undersigning varro vonnegut wodehouse wollstonecraft woolf writewrite the abstractwriters writingwriting processwriting samplewritten text

knock offknock outliterary artistliterary craftsmanliterary criticliterary manlitterateur logographermagazine writermake makerman of lettersmanufacturer mastermaster craftsmanmedium monographer monographist mother mover

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music criticnarrator newspaperman novelettist novelist novelize occasion operant operative operator organizer origin originate originator pamphleteer parentpast masterpatriarch penwoman performer perpetrator planner poet practitioner precursor prepareprime moverprimum mobileprocreator produce producerprose writerraiser realize realizer reviewerscenario writerscenarist scenarize scribe scriptwriterset afloatset on footset upshapershort-story writersire smith source storyteller subjecttechnical writerthrow on papertractationword painterwordsmith work worker wright write writer

Adjective(3 words)

native reference bookwritten articlewritten language conventions

Verb(3 words)

penned writes wrote

Preposition(1 words)

written-language like

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

communicator composecontent creationcreator develop indite maker pen person shaper thinker write writing

More specific

18 entries

author a bookauthor a lessonauthor a planauthor a poemauthor a policyauthor a programauthor a proposalauthor a reading passageauthor a storyauthor a workbookauthor a worksheetauthor an articlecoauthor designer founder inventor

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Collocations

12 entries

author a bookauthor a manuscriptauthor a paperauthor a policyauthor a programauthor a reportcoauthorfirst authorlead authorpublished authorsenior authortextbook author

Inflections

3 entries

authored authoring authors

Derivations

4 entries

authored authorial authoring authorship

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Richard Roberts is the author of numerous books.

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Dickens was the author of 'Oliver Twist'.

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The author doesn't display much talent in his book.

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Its author is little more than a college kid.

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