AUTHORS Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of author

as in writers

a person who creates a written work a brilliant novel by a first-time author

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nonauthors

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a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the author of modern genetics

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verb

present tense third-person singular of author

as in writes

to compose and set down on paper the words of authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

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Now that those demographics are changing and there are more non-white authors getting book deals and winning awards, there’s an emerging resentment, especially on social media. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 The new figure is a sharper downgrade than the authors’ earlier Hoover analysis. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Over decades, those returns on past returns become the largest source of growth in a portfolio, which is why the 25 women co-authors for this book, who spent their careers in finance, kept coming back to compounding as key. — Jamie Franco, Global MacRo and Cross-Asset Strategist, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Critically, encryption prevented the report’s authors from determining what the network traffic contained. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Advising A-list actors, best-selling authors and film producers on working across multiple states and countries (from minimizing taxes to optimizing credits), Baharestani aims for longevity. — Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Internationally bestselling authors are (figuratively) mining wetlands for inspiration. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 The authors attribute this to both activities moving the jaw and engaging the temporalis muscle (a muscle at the side of the head) in similar ways. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 In 2006, Mostafa Terrab, one of this article’s co-authors, was appointed directeur général of OCP, a Moroccan fertilizer company. — Harvard Business Review, 14 Oct. 2026

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Hannah Agran, Midwest Living’s executive editor who authors many food features, is a frequent shopper. — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026 In addition, Roberts often authors the opinions in the biggest cases – and there are some big ones left. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Clare McAndrew, who authors the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, told The Observer that demand for his paintings had surged more than 1,200 percent in the forty-eight hours following his passing. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 June 2026 Perhaps if the team authors a more precipitous decline and those gaps grow, there will be a more serious conversation about conducting a selloff. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 25 May 2026 While not all of the slowdown in box production can be attributable to falling demand for goods, the slump is present in other areas of the freight economy, said Adam Josephson, a longtime paper and packaging sell-side analyst who now authors an economics newsletter. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025

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In more recent years, the go-to option for an aspiring writer has been starting a newsletter of her own, often on Substack, a digital platform that launched in 2017 to allow writers to charge money for their writing.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Fashionable gatherings were peppered with the prose of neoclassical writers and Romantic poets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of writers

Verb

Gutierrez writes about that, his early childhood in Cuba, and leadership lessons from his career in his new book, Sheer Will.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Shane Gillis’ dumb joke raised serious issues about women, fashion and sexuality, columnist Robin Abcarian writes.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of writes

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The following week, Zuckerberg’s lawyers sent a letter asking for a pay package similar to those made to other tech founders, partly so Zuckerberg could pay a potential tax bill.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Alphabet made a similar move in 2014, executing a 2-for-1 stock split that introduced non-voting shares alongside super-voting shares, which allowed the combined control of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to remain at just over 50%.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of founders

Verb

This week, Gracie Abrams pens a tearjerker on mother-daughter relationships, Steve Lacy escapes the abyss of a breakup on a colossal double track, and Beabadoobee contemplates risk and reward on a fuzzy new single.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
Sarah Rothschild pens the screenplay with Elizabeth Cantillon producing.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026

Definition of pens

Noun

Those girls in the hothouses maintained by fathers and uncles certainly would not spare a single thought for Percherette.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
Nearly every player on the team is a dad, with seemingly a few players becoming first-time fathers each of the past few seasons.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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