SCENARIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

scenarist

noun

Definition of scenarist

as in scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of scenarist Liberal scenarists will be left wondering what if, though, as Congresswoman Katie Porter will end up notching more than 400,000 votes — enough, potentially, to have given Steyer the win had the fellow liberal Democrat dropped out. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026 The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023 Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split). — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022 McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend. — Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021

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Noun

Orson and scriptwriter Howard Koch moved the story from 1890s London to contemporary New York.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
If the writer is a scriptwriter, the translator is the actor; if the writer is a composer, the translator is the musician; if the writer is a choreographer, the translator is the dancer.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of scriptwriter

Noun

While a bright teen with auditory hallucinations makes for a fun, provocative lead character, screenwriter-director Kelly never goes much beyond the surface zaniness of Donnie.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
An American screenwriter and showrunner, Guzikowski’s Raised by Wolves — following two androids raising human children following the destruction of the Earth in a great war — aired for two seasons.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

Noun

But as an emerging actor and dramatist with a young family, such an extended outbreak could end his career, forcing him to pursue another livelihood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
All four movies exhibit Mackenzie’s knack for trenchant social and political commentary slightly heightened by his elegance as a dramatist and visceral genre filmmaker, and all are accompanied by illuminating supplements.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of dramatist

Noun

Head south of the border for a chilling crime documentary about José Luis Calva Zepeda, a poet and playwright in Mexico City who used his way with words to woo women.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Many were fans of Churchill, 88, who is widely considered one of the greatest living playwrights.

— Mariah Kreutter, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of playwright

Noun

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

Definition of writer

Noun

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, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021

Definition of litterateur

Noun

Some 104,643 defective pens were returned in the first 8 months of sales.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Rug Island — named after a season two episode where the characters use their imagination to create an island from a rug, throw cushions and colored pens — comes on a green and orange LP.

— Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

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