LITTERATEUR Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

litterateur

noun

ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər

variants or littérateur

Definition of litterateur

as in writer

a person who creates a written work Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent

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Recent Examples of litterateur Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs. — Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025 The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en. — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021 Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur. — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019

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In 2020, the New York Times identified a network of 1,300 news sites that paid freelance writers to produce biased content for Republican groups and corporate public relations firms.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Between 2024 and 2026, first-time directors or writers made more than a third of Netflix’s Korean titles.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

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The model-cum-founder and chief executive officer of the Furtuna Skin beauty brand, olive oil sommelier and children’s book author shares her Wildly Potent Kitchen recipes using the oil sourced from her family estate in Sicily.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026
Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz and Bad Blood author John Carreyrou have both weighed in, and Fortune has questioned whether her new persona distracts from the real story.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

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