Writer

//ˈɹaɪ.tə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "writer" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(1 words)
author

Strong matches (27)

Related words (44)

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13 relation types

More general

6 entries

More specific

77 entries

Showing 16 of 77 words.

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

11 entries

at location

9 entries

capable of

18 entries

Showing 16 of 18 words.

derived

53 entries

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derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

9 entries

not desires

2 entries

related to

7 entries

used for

10 entries

Translations

272 translations across 127 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skrywer noun (person who writes; an author)

Albanian

4 entries
  • autor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autore noun (person who writes; an author)
  • shkrimtar noun (person who writes; an author)
  • shkrimtare noun (person who writes; an author)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • γραφεύς noun (person who writes; an author)
  • συγγραφεύς noun (person who writes; an author)

Arabic

4 entries
  • كَاتِب noun (person who writes; an author)
  • كَاتِبَة noun (person who writes; an author)
  • مُؤَلِّف noun (person who writes; an author)
  • مُؤَلِّفَة noun (person who writes; an author)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գրող noun (person who writes; an author)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • scriitor noun (person who writes; an author)

Assamese

1 entries
  • লেখক noun (person who writes; an author)

Asturian

1 entries
  • escritor noun (person who writes; an author)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yazıçı noun (person who writes; an author)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • яҙыусы noun (person who writes; an author)
  • әҙип noun (person who writes; an author)

Basque

1 entries
  • idazle noun (person who writes; an author)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • а́ўтар noun (person who writes; an author)
  • а́ўтарка noun (person who writes; an author)
  • пісьме́ннік noun (person who writes; an author)
  • пісьме́нніца noun (person who writes; an author)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লেখক noun (person who writes; an author)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • а́втор noun (person who writes; an author)
  • а́вторка noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писа́тел noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писа́телка noun (person who writes; an author)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စာရေးဆရာ noun (person who writes; an author)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries
  • писатель noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писателька noun (person who writes; an author)

Catalan

2 entries
  • escriptor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • escriptora noun (person who writes; an author)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • tigsuwat noun (person who writes; an author)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • نووسەر noun (person who writes; an author)

Chechen

2 entries
  • йаздархо noun (person who writes; an author)
  • яздархо noun (person who writes; an author)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᏃᏪᎵᏍᎩ noun (person who writes; an author)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 作家 noun (person who writes; an author)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 作家 noun (person who writes; an author)
  • 作者 noun (person who writes; an author)
  • 筆者 /笔者 noun (person who writes; an author)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • müellif noun (person who writes; an author)

Czech

4 entries
  • autor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autorka noun (person who writes; an author)
  • spisovatel noun (person who writes; an author)
  • spisovatelka noun (person who writes; an author)

Danish

1 entries
  • forfatter noun (person who writes; an author)

Dari

1 entries
  • نَوِیسَنْدَه noun (person who writes; an author)

Dutch

3 entries
  • auteur noun (person who writes; an author)
  • schrijfster noun (person who writes; an author)
  • schrijver noun (person who writes; an author)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • fefatter noun (person who writes; an author)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • skribanto noun (person who writes; an author)
  • skribisto noun (person who writes; an author)
  • verkisto noun (person who writes; an author)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kirjanik noun (person who writes; an author)

Ewe

1 entries
  • nuŋlɔla noun (person who writes; an author)

Faroese

1 entries
  • rithøvundur noun (person who writes; an author)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kirjailija noun (person who writes; an author)
  • kirjoittaja noun (person who writes; an author)

French

4 entries
  • auteur noun (person who writes; an author)
  • auteure noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autrice noun (person who writes; an author)
  • écrivain noun (person who writes; an author)

Friulian

1 entries
  • scritôr noun (person who writes; an author)

Galician

1 entries
  • escritor noun (person who writes; an author)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მწერალი noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ჭარუ noun (person who writes; an author)

German

4 entries
  • Autor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • Autorin noun (person who writes; an author)
  • Schreiber noun (person who writes; an author)
  • Schreiberin noun (person who writes; an author)

Greek

1 entries
  • συγγραφέας noun (person who writes; an author)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • atuakkiortoq noun (person who writes; an author)
  • oqaluttualiortoq noun (person who writes; an author)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • כּוֹתֵב noun (person who writes; an author)
  • מְחַבֵּר noun (person who writes; an author)
  • סוֹפֵר noun (person who writes; an author)

Hindi

4 entries
  • रचयिता noun (person who writes; an author)
  • लेखक noun (person who writes; an author)
  • लेखिका noun (person who writes; an author)
  • साहित्यकार noun (person who writes; an author)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • író noun (person who writes; an author)
  • írónő noun (person who writes; an author)

Hunsrik

2 entries
  • Schreiver noun (person who writes; an author)
  • Schreivrin noun (person who writes; an author)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • rithöfundur noun (person who writes; an author)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • kirječällee noun (person who writes; an author)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pengarang noun (person who writes; an author)
  • penulis noun (person who writes; an author)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kirjailija noun (person who writes; an author)
  • kirjuttaja noun (person who writes; an author)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • scriptor noun (person who writes; an author)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • نِویسَنْدِه noun (person who writes; an author)

Irish

1 entries
  • scríbhneoir noun (person who writes; an author)

Italian

4 entries
  • autore noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autrice noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scrittore noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scrittrice noun (person who writes; an author)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 作家 noun (person who writes; an author)
  • 筆者 noun (person who writes; an author)
  • 著者 noun (person who writes; an author)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • бичәч noun (person who writes; an author)

Kashubian

2 entries
  • pisôrka noun (person who writes; an author)
  • pisôrz noun (person who writes; an author)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жазушы noun (person who writes; an author)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គន្ថការ noun (person who writes; an author)
  • អ្នកនិពន្ធ noun (person who writes; an author)

Korean

4 entries
  • 글쓴이 noun (person who writes; an author)
  • 작가 noun (person who writes; an author)
  • 작자 noun (person who writes; an author)
  • 저자 noun (person who writes; an author)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жазуучу noun (person who writes; an author)

Lao

1 entries
  • ນັກຂຽນ noun (person who writes; an author)

Latin

2 entries
  • scriptor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scriptrix noun (person who writes; an author)

Latvian

4 entries
  • autore noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autors noun (person who writes; an author)
  • rakstniece noun (person who writes; an author)
  • rakstnieks noun (person who writes; an author)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • scritô noun (person who writes; an author)

Lingala

1 entries
  • mokomi class c1/c2 noun (person who writes; an author)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • autorius noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autorė noun (person who writes; an author)
  • rašytoja noun (person who writes; an author)
  • rašytojas noun (person who writes; an author)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Auteur noun (person who writes; an author)
  • Schrëftsteller noun (person who writes; an author)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • автор noun (person who writes; an author)
  • авторка noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писател noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писателка noun (person who writes; an author)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • panunurat noun (person who writes; an author)

Malay

4 entries
  • katib noun (person who writes; an author)
  • mualif noun (person who writes; an author)
  • pengarang noun (person who writes; an author)
  • penulis noun (person who writes; an author)

Maltese

2 entries
  • kittieb noun (person who writes; an author)
  • kittieba noun (person who writes; an author)

Manx

1 entries
  • screeudeyr noun (person who writes; an author)

Maranao

1 entries
  • panonorat noun (person who writes; an author)

Marathi

2 entries
  • लेखक noun (person who writes; an author)
  • लेखिका noun (person who writes; an author)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • ekrivin noun (person who writes; an author)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • бичээч noun (person who writes; an author)
  • зохиолч noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠯᠴᠢ noun (person who writes; an author)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaituhi noun (person who writes; an author)

Norman

1 entries
  • auteu noun (person who writes; an author)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • nivîskar noun (person who writes; an author)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • girječálli noun (person who writes; an author)
  • čálli noun (person who writes; an author)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forfatter noun (person who writes; an author)
  • skribent noun (person who writes; an author)

Occitan

1 entries
  • escrivan noun (person who writes; an author)

Old English

1 entries
  • wrītere noun (person who writes; an author)

Pali

1 entries
  • lekhaka noun (person who writes; an author)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • писатель noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писателька noun (person who writes; an author)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ليکوال noun (person who writes; an author)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schreftstala noun (person who writes; an author)

Polish

4 entries
  • autor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autorka noun (person who writes; an author)
  • pisarka noun (person who writes; an author)
  • pisarz noun (person who writes; an author)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • escritor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • escritora noun (person who writes; an author)

Punjabi

3 entries
  • لِکھاری noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ਲਿਖਾਰੀ noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ਲੇਖਕ noun (person who writes; an author)

Romanian

3 entries
  • autor de cărți noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scriitoare noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scriitor noun (person who writes; an author)

Romansch

4 entries
  • scriptur noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scrivent noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scriventa noun (person who writes; an author)
  • sriptura noun (person who writes; an author)

Russian

3 entries
  • а́втор noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писа́тель noun (person who writes; an author)
  • писа́тельница noun (person who writes; an author)

Samoan

1 entries
  • tusitala noun (person who writes; an author)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • लेखक noun (person who writes; an author)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • sgrìobhadair noun (person who writes; an author)
  • sgrìobhaiche noun (person who writes; an author)

Seraiki

1 entries
  • لِکھاری noun (person who writes; an author)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pisatelj noun (person who writes; an author)
  • pisatèljica noun (person who writes; an author)
  • písac noun (person who writes; an author)
  • spisatèljica noun (person who writes; an author)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၽူႈတႅမ်ႈ noun (person who writes; an author)

Silesian

1 entries
  • pisŏrz noun (person who writes; an author)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ලියන්නා noun (person who writes; an author)

Slovak

4 entries
  • autor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • autorka noun (person who writes; an author)
  • spisovateľ noun (person who writes; an author)
  • spisovateľka noun (person who writes; an author)

Slovene

4 entries
  • avtor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • avtorica noun (person who writes; an author)
  • pisátelj noun (person who writes; an author)
  • pisáteljica noun (person who writes; an author)

Spanish

4 entries
  • escriptor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • escriptora noun (person who writes; an author)
  • escritor noun (person who writes; an author)
  • escritora noun (person who writes; an author)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mwandishi noun (person who writes; an author)

Swedish

3 entries
  • författare noun (person who writes; an author)
  • skribent noun (person who writes; an author)
  • skriftställare noun (person who writes; an author)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • manunulat noun (person who writes; an author)

Tajik

1 entries
  • нависанда noun (person who writes; an author)

Tatar

2 entries
  • язучы noun (person who writes; an author)
  • әдип noun (person who writes; an author)

Tausug

1 entries
  • julo tulis noun (person who writes; an author)

Telugu

4 entries
  • గ్రంథకర్త noun (person who writes; an author)
  • రచయిత noun (person who writes; an author)
  • రచయిత్రి noun (person who writes; an author)
  • లేఖరి noun (person who writes; an author)

Thai

2 entries
  • นักเขียน noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ผู้เขียน noun (person who writes; an author)

Turkish

3 entries
  • müellif noun (person who writes; an author)
  • yazar noun (person who writes; an author)
  • yazıcı noun (person who writes; an author)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýazyjy noun (person who writes; an author)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • а́втор noun (person who writes; an author)
  • а́вторка noun (person who writes; an author)
  • письме́нник noun (person who writes; an author)
  • письме́нниця noun (person who writes; an author)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • spisowaćel noun (person who writes; an author)
  • spisowaćelka noun (person who writes; an author)

Urdu

3 entries
  • لیکَھک noun (person who writes; an author)
  • مُصَنِّف noun (person who writes; an author)
  • نَوِیسَنْدَہ noun (person who writes; an author)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • يازغۇچى noun (person who writes; an author)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • navisanda noun (person who writes; an author)
  • yozuvchi noun (person who writes; an author)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nhà văn noun (person who writes; an author)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lautan noun (person who writes; an author)

Walloon

2 entries
  • scrijheu noun (person who writes; an author)
  • scrijheuse noun (person who writes; an author)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ysgrifennwr noun (person who writes; an author)

Yakut

1 entries
  • суруйааччы noun (person who writes; an author)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אויטאָר noun (person who writes; an author)
  • וואָרטקינסטלער noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ליטעראַט noun (person who writes; an author)
  • מחבר noun (person who writes; an author)

Yucatec Maya

2 entries
  • aj tsʼíib noun (person who writes; an author)
  • ix tsʼíib noun (person who writes; an author)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • nusger noun (person who writes; an author)
  • nustekar noun (person who writes; an author)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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My friends say I'm a prolific writer, but I haven't written anything for months.

Source: tatoeba (1964)

In his fantasy, he imagined he was a famous writer.

Source: tatoeba (18172)

There is one thing which we do every time we read, whether we are aware of it or not; we come in contact with the personality of the writer.

Source: tatoeba (28207)

Every great writer seems to have been interested in English.

Source: tatoeba (28292)

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