The novelist gathered materials for his work.
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Novelist
//ˈnɑvəlɪst//
Synonyms for "novelist" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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4 entriesTranslations
98 translations across 53 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- romanskrywer noun (author of novels)
Albanian
2 entries- novelist noun (author of novels)
- romancier noun (author of novels)
Arabic
2 entries- رِوَائِيَّة noun (author of novels)
- رِوَائِيّ noun (author of novels)
Armenian
1 entries- վիպասան noun (author of novels)
Asturian
1 entries- novelista noun (author of novels)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- romanist noun (author of novels)
- romançı noun (author of novels)
Basque
2 entries- eleberrigile noun (author of novels)
- nobelagile noun (author of novels)
Belarusian
4 entries- белетры́ст noun (author of novels)
- белетры́стка noun (author of novels)
- рамані́ст noun (author of novels)
- рамані́стка noun (author of novels)
Bulgarian
4 entries- белетри́ст noun (author of novels)
- белетри́стка noun (author of novels)
- романи́ст noun (author of novels)
- романи́стка noun (author of novels)
Catalan
1 entries- novel·lista noun (author of novels)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 小說家 /小说家 noun (author of novels)
Czech
2 entries- romanopisec noun (author of novels)
- romanopiskyně noun (author of novels)
Danish
1 entries- romanforfatter noun (author of novels)
Dutch
2 entries- romancier noun (author of novels)
- romanschrijver noun (author of novels)
Esperanto
1 entries- romanisto noun (author of novels)
Estonian
2 entries- romaanikirjanik noun (author of novels)
- romanist noun (author of novels)
Finnish
1 entries- romaanikirjailija noun (author of novels)
French
2 entries- romancier noun (author of novels)
- romancière noun (author of novels)
Galician
1 entries- novelista noun (author of novels)
Georgian
2 entries- ნოველისტი noun (author of novels)
- რომანისტი noun (author of novels)
German
4 entries- Belletrist noun (author of novels)
- Belletristin noun (author of novels)
- Romanautor noun (author of novels)
- Romanautorin noun (author of novels)
Greek
1 entries- μυθιστοριογράφος noun (author of novels)
Hindi
2 entries- उपन्यासकार noun (author of novels)
- नावेलिस्ट noun (author of novels)
Hungarian
1 entries- regényíró noun (author of novels)
Indonesian
1 entries- novelis noun (author of novels)
Interlingua
1 entries- romancero noun (author of novels)
Italian
2 entries- romanziera noun (author of novels)
- romanziere noun (author of novels)
Japanese
1 entries- 小説家 noun (author of novels)
Kazakh
1 entries- романшы noun (author of novels)
Korean
1 entries- 소설가 noun (author of novels)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- романист noun (author of novels)
Latvian
2 entries- romāniste noun (author of novels)
- romānists noun (author of novels)
Lithuanian
2 entries- romanistas noun (author of novels)
- romanistė noun (author of novels)
Macedonian
4 entries- романопи́сец noun (author of novels)
- романопи́ска noun (author of novels)
- романсие́р noun (author of novels)
- романсие́рка noun (author of novels)
Marathi
1 entries- कादंबरीकार noun (author of novels)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- romannivîs noun (author of novels)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- romanforfatter noun (author of novels)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- romanforfattar noun (author of novels)
Polish
4 entries- beletrysta noun (author of novels)
- beletrystka noun (author of novels)
- powieściopisarka noun (author of novels)
- powieściopisarz noun (author of novels)
Portuguese
2 entries- novelista noun (author of novels)
- romancista noun (author of novels)
Romanian
2 entries- romancier noun (author of novels)
- romancieră noun (author of novels)
Russian
4 entries- беллетри́ст noun (author of novels)
- беллетри́стка noun (author of novels)
- романи́ст noun (author of novels)
- романи́стка noun (author of novels)
Slovak
2 entries- románopisec noun (author of novels)
- románopiskyňa noun (author of novels)
Slovene
2 entries- romanopisec noun (author of novels)
- romanopiska noun (author of novels)
Spanish
1 entries- novelista noun (author of novels)
Swedish
1 entries- romanförfattare noun (author of novels)
Tagalog
1 entries- nobelista noun (author of novels)
Turkish
1 entries- romancı noun (author of novels)
Ukrainian
4 entries- белетри́ст noun (author of novels)
- белетри́стка noun (author of novels)
- новелі́ст noun (author of novels)
- новелі́стка noun (author of novels)
Uzbek
1 entries- romanist noun (author of novels)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiểu thuyết gia noun (author of novels)
Welsh
1 entries- nofelydd noun (author of novels)
Yiddish
1 entries- ראָמאַניסט noun (author of novels)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The novelist wrote several romances.
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The novelist is popular among our generation.
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The novelist is pretty popular among teenagers.
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