Definition for Author:

• One who produces; an originator; the writer of a book.

Synonyms for Author:

• n.

  •
  • block,
  • prime mover,
  • planner,
  • capture,
  • access,
  • archive,
  • burn.
  •
  • commentator,
  • poetess,
  • ghost.
  •artist (noun)
  • painter,
  • musician,
  • virtuoso,
  • sculptor,
  • dancer,
  • rembrandt,
  • artist,
  • picasso,
  • maestro,
  • craftsman,
  • master,
  • singer,
  • performer,
  • michelangelo,
  • artisan,
  • entertainer.
  •author (noun)
  • generator.
  •cause (noun)
  • mainspring,
  • causation.
  •composer of written work (noun)
  • reporter,
  • columnist,
  • ink slinger,
  • producer,
  • composer.
  •discoverer (noun)
  • inventor.
  •humorist (noun)
  • humorist,
  • actor,
  • cutup,
  • jester,
  • wit,
  • clown,
  • punster,
  • belletrist,
  • buffoon,
  • scriptwriter,
  • comedian,
  • gagman,
  • comic,
  • wag,
  • joker,
  • copywriter,
  • funnyman,
  • prankster,
  • card,
  • Banterer,
  • word smith.
  •lexicographer (noun)
  • lexicographer.
  •narrator (noun)
  • teller of tales,
  • Describer.
  •paternity (noun)
  • sire,
  • forebear,
  • engenderer,
  • responsibility,
  • forefather.
  •poet (noun)
  • rhymester,
  • Poetaster,
  • versifier.
  •prime mover (noun)
  • Primum Mobile.
  •producer (noun)
  • executrix,
  • manufacturer,
  • impresario,
  • director,
  • father,
  • architect,
  • executor,
  • mother.
  •storyteller (noun)
  • narrator.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • install,
  • debug,
  • satirist,
  • interrogate,
  • unpack,
  • deselect,
  • lyricist,
  • embed,
  • link,
  • zip,
  • hack,
  • configure,
  • program,
  • import,
  • store,
  • critic,
  • code,
  • nest,
  • diarist,
  • undersigned,
  • enable,
  • paste,
  • songwriter,
  • edit,
  • subeditor,
  • undo,
  • compress,
  • copy,
  • man of letters,
  • process,
  • reviewer,
  • unzip,
  • encode,
  • compile,
  • gaming,
  • tile,
  • destroyer,
  • spool,
  • migrate,
  • keep,
  • swipe,
  • amanuensis,
  • Polemicist,
  • poet.
  •
  • compiler,
  • deliver,
  • penman,
  • pioneer,
  • decompress,
  • censor,
  • progenitor,
  • upgrade,
  • view,
  • populate,
  • entrepreneur,
  • sub.
  •
  • creative,
  • output,
  • engineer,
  • visionary.
  •
  • support,
  • run.
  •compose
  • ghostwrite,
  • set up,
  • scribble.
  •create
  • give birth to.
  •creator
  • builder.
  •mastermind
  • think up.
  •produce
  • bring forth.
  •progenitor
  • ancestor.
  •redactor
  • editor.
  •reporter
  • newspaperman.
  •write
  • set forth,
  • dash off.

Paraphrases for Author:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    creator, creators.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    co-author, novelist.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    transferor.
  • Proper noun, singular
    auteurs, coordinates, Sanders, TCES, autor, complainant.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    communicant, offender, proponent, violator, settlor, applicant, initiator, complainant, signatory, communication, inventor, artist, claimant, co-sponsor, researcher, transferor, literati, mover, draftsperson.
  • Verb, past tense
    Wrote, Drafted, sponsored, Introduced, acknowledged, presented, Submitted, tabled.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    argues, submits, claims.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    developers, writer, writers, perpetrators.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    proposer, playwright, questioner, editor, songwriter, actor, writer, creator, drafter, contributor, maker.

Antonyms for Author:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    event, creation, outcome, fruit, product, end, result, follower, development, issue, effect, outgrowth, consequence.

Homophones for Author:

• attire, attar, auther, auteur, adore, auditory area, adder, auditory, aether, adhere, atar, auto tire, auditor, athar, adar, adorer.

Hypernym for Author:

• n.

  • person
    gothic romancer, gagster, librettist, poetizer, joint author, scriptwriter, lyricist, Lyrist, drafter, polemic, Polemist, framer, space writer, journalist, speechwriter, poet, folk writer, authoress, Polemicist, abstractor, contributor, commentator, alliterator, dramatist, hack, word-painter, gagman, essayist, coauthor, wordmonger, ghostwriter, biographer, paragrapher, rhymester, tragedian, literary hack, hack writer, ghost, scenarist, poetiser, pamphleteer, abstracter, versifier, coiner, wordsmith, rhymer, playwright, cyberpunk, compiler, litterateur, gagwriter, reviewer, novelist.

• v.

  • creation
    co-author, ghostwrite, ghost.

Hyponym for Author:

• n.

  • person
    communicator, shaper, maker.

• v.

  • creation
    compose, pen, indite, write.