SCRIPTWRITER Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

scriptwriter

noun

Definition of scriptwriter

as in screenwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter The goal every amateur scriptwriter had written, and then thrown in the bin for not being quite spectacular enough. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026 Shanghainese scriptwriter Zhang interwove her personal experience into the script, with more than 50% of the dialogue spoken in the Shanghai dialect. — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 12 June 2026 Undiluted drama, pure cinema and narratives that even the best scriptwriters in Hollywood would struggle to muster up. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 Turn ChatGPT into a strategist, an analyst, a hook researcher, a structural editor, and a scriptwriter trained on your voice. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for scriptwriter

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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

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

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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

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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

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

Definition of scenarist

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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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