fictionist

fic·tion·ist

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fik-shuh-nist]
- /ˈfɪk ʃə nɪst/
- /ˈfɪkʃənɪst /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fik-shuh-nist]
- /ˈfɪk ʃə nɪst/

Definitions of fictionist word

noun fictionist a writer of fiction; a novelist or short-story writer. 1
noun fictionist One who deals in fiction, a writer of fiction. 1
noun fictionist One who deals in fiction; a writer of fiction, a novelist. 0

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Origin of fictionist

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

First recorded in 1820-30; fiction + -ist

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Parts of speech for Fictionist

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fictionist

fictionist popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for fictionist

noun fictionist

writer — a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
storyteller — a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.
author — The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.

All 3 Synonyms of fictionist