Synonyms for author
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Writer — the originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a…
writer, creator, artist, founder, book-wright, composer, producer, originator, inventor, father, maker, cause, framer, fashioner rare, fabulator dated, subcreator rare
Other
architect, agent, parent, perpetrator, constructor, fabricator, do-er, causer, precipitator
Definitions
- n. 1
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
This paper has three authors.
- n. 2
The initial owner of the copyright to a work, especially a work made for hire or a work of corporate authorship.
The author named on the copyright registration for the Android robot is Google Inc.
Related words
- Word family
- authorhood authorial authority authorization authorship
- Phrases
- author's plural author's we
Forms
- Plural
- authors → writers, creators, artists, founders…
Example sentences
- artist As the artist grows older his paintings may alter.
- writer This sentence states exactly how the writer feels.
- founder He's the founder of a Berber-language association.
- creator May the Creator help you with all His holy powers!
- agent I know that Tom isn't a real estate agent anymore.
- architect This birdhouse was designed by a famous architect.
By length
- 5 letters
- cause1, agent2, maker2
- 6 letters
- father2, source1, artist2, writer2, parent2, framer2, causer2
- 7 letters
- founder2, creator3
- 8 letters
- producer3, composer3, inventor3
- 9 letters
- architect3, generator4, fashioner, fabulator
- 10 letters
- originator5, fabricator4, subcreator
- 11 letters
- perpetrator4, constructor3
- 12 letters
- precipitator
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agent2 = 2 syllables).