Synonyms of author

author 1 of 2

noun

ˈȯ-thər 

1

as in writer

a person who creates a written work

a brilliant novel by a first-time author

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writer
• novelist
• biographer
• poet
• storyteller
• man of letters
• pen
• littérateur
• woman of letters
• litterateur
• screenwriter
• blogger
• columnist
• penman
• coauthor
• stylist
• scrivener
• playwright
• reporter
• scribe
• cowriter
• ghostwriter
• autobiographer
• dramatist
• wordsmith
• journalist
• essayist
• memoirist
• hagiographer
• scribbler
• belletrist
• scriptwriter
• memorialist
• fictionist
• auteur
• pamphleteer
• fictioneer
• fabulist
• scenarist
• belle-lettrist
• hack
• bard
• satirist
• sportswriter
• newspaperman
• hatchet man
• versifier
• romancer
• wordmonger
• coscenarist
• paragrapher
• rhymer
• proser
• prosaist
• prosateur

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonauthor

2

as in founder

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

the author of modern genetics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founder
• creator
• father
• inventor
• originator
• pioneer
• maker
• initiator
• generator
• designer
• founding father
• begetter
• institutor
• inaugurator
• establisher
• sire
• instituter
• cofounder
• researcher
• innovator
• developer
• builder
• producer
• formulator
• introducer
• cocreator
• organizer
• promoter
• contriver
• deviser
• spawner
• conceiver
• inspirer
• encourager
• researchist
• inspiration
• galvanizer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• student
• pupil
• disciple
• supporter
• follower

3

as in Creator

capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe

let us thank the Author of our being for all the blessings He has bestowed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• Creator
• God
• Father
• King
• Lord
• Divinity
• Almighty
• Providence
• Maker
• Godhead
• Everlasting
• Yahweh
• Eternal
• Jehovah
• Allah
• Supreme Being
• deity
• Jahveh
• Yahveh

author

2 of 2

verb

as in to write

to compose and set down on paper the words of

authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

Synonyms & Similar Words

• write
• pen
• compose
• letter
• scratch (out)
• scribble
• print
• rewrite
• record
• craft
• type
• word
• revise
• sign
• phrase
• draft
• formulate
• draw up
• cast
• recast
• transcribe
• prepare
• pencil (in)
• take down
• autograph
• redraft
• register
• couch
• typewrite
• frame
• express
• put

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of author

Noun

Tabloids hinted at steamy extramarital affairs— perhaps a gigolo, a former love, a famous author, but nothing came of those speculations. —Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025

Almost every author uses the raw material of their life to fuel their writing, and Yigit Turhan is no exception. —Mark Holgate, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025

Verb

Abrego Garcia's attorneys wrote in their initial complaint that their client's name was not included in a Hyattsville City Police Department report about the Home Depot arrest, and said that the detective who authored the gang affiliation part of the report had been suspended. —Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025

Accompanying that statement was a citation of two decisions, both of them authored by Roberts, that provide the intellectual foundation for Trump’s assault on independent agencies and the broader workings of the federal government. —Cristian Farias, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025