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- [rahy-ter]
- /ˈraɪ tər/
- /ˈraɪtə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rahy-ter]
- /ˈraɪ tər/
Definitions of writer word
- noun writer a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist. 1
- noun writer a clerk, scribe, or the like. 1
- noun writer a person who commits his or her thoughts, ideas, etc., to writing: an expert letter writer. 1
- noun writer (in a piece of writing) the author (used as a circumlocution for “I,” “me,” “my,” etc.): The writer wishes to state…. 1
- noun writer a person who writes or is able to write: a writer in script. 1
- noun writer Stock Exchange. someone who sells options. 1
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Origin of writer
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English wrītere. See write, -er1
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Parts of speech for Writer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
writer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for writer
noun writer
- author — The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
- poet — a person who composes poetry.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
Antonyms for writer
noun writer
- reader — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
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