A student visited the house of the great playwright.
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Playwright
//ˈpleɪˌɹaɪt//
Synonyms for "playwright" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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5 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δραματουργός noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Arabic
1 entries- كَاتِب مَسْرَحِيّ noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Armenian
2 entries- դրամատուրգ noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- թատերագիր noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dramaturq noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Belarusian
1 entries- драмату́рг noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Bulgarian
1 entries- драмату́рг noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Catalan
2 entries- dramaturg noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturga noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 劇作家 /剧作家 noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- 編劇 /编剧 noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Czech
1 entries- dramatik noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Danish
1 entries- dramatiker noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Dutch
1 entries- toneelschrijver noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Estonian
2 entries- dramaturg noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- näitekirjanik noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Finnish
2 entries- dramaturgi noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- näytelmäkirjailija noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
French
2 entries- auteur dramatique noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturge noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Friulian
1 entries- dramaturc noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Galician
2 entries- dramaturga noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturgo noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Georgian
1 entries- დრამატურგი noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
German
4 entries- Bühnenautor noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- Bühnenautorin noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- Dramatiker noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- Dramatikerin noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Greek
2 entries- δραματουργός noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- θεατρικός συγγραφέας noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Hungarian
1 entries- drámaíró noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Icelandic
1 entries- leikritaskáld noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Irish
1 entries- drámadóir noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Italian
4 entries- commediografa noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- commediografo noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- drammaturga noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- drammaturgo noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Japanese
2 entries- 劇作家 noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- 脚本家 noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Korean
1 entries- 극작가 noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Lao
1 entries- ນັກແຕ່ງບົດລະຄອນ noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Latvian
1 entries- dramaturgs noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dramaturgas noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Macedonian
1 entries- драматург noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Maltese
4 entries- drammaturga noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- drammaturgu noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- kittieb noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- kittieba noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Manx
1 entries- dramadeyr noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dramatiker noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Occitan
1 entries- dramaturg noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Odia
1 entries- ନାଟକୀ noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Polish
4 entries- dramatopisarka noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramatopisarz noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturg noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturżka noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Portuguese
2 entries- dramaturga noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturgo noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Romanian
2 entries- dramaturg noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturgă noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Russian
1 entries- драмату́рг noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dramaturg noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- драматург noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Slovak
1 entries- dramatik noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Slovene
1 entries- dramatik noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Spanish
3 entries- autor teatral noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturga noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramaturgo noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Swedish
1 entries- dramatiker noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Tagalog
2 entries- dalubdula noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- mandudula noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Thai
1 entries- นักแต่งบทละคร noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Ukrainian
1 entries- драмату́рг noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Uzbek
1 entries- dramaturg noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhà soạn kịch noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Volapük
3 entries- dramatavan noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- hidramatavan noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- jidramatavan noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Welsh
2 entries- dramodwr noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
- dramodydd noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Yiddish
1 entries- דראַמאַטורג noun (writer of plays for the theatre)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I am determined to make a living as a playwright at all costs.
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The playwright cherishes the vivid memories of his childhood.
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I am determined to make a living as a playwright.
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