writer
noun
Simple meaning
A person who puts words on paper or screen, especially as a job.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
ryterSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹaɪtɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".
Anything that writes or produces output.
finance
The seller of an option.
us
A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Used this way, writer is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use writer
- “She is a talented writer who publishes many books.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Produce a literary work.
A legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Someone who communicates by means of letters.
A writer paid by the area of the copy.
A mediocre and disdained writer.
A journalist who writes about sports.
A writer of folktales.
Someone who writes screenplays.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
The work of a writer.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- playwrightnoun
- novelistnoun
- screenwriternoun
- columnistnoun
- illustratornoun
- criticnoun
- comediannoun
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Synonyms
Sense: writes (books or stories or articles
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