- writer
- nounADJECTIVE▪ celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, great, important, influential, leading, major, prominent, well-known▪
one of the greatest writers of all time
▪ serious▪ award-winning▪ best-selling, popular, successful▪ favourite/favorite▪ prolific▪a very prolific crime writer
▪ accomplished, creative, fine, gifted, good, talented▪one of the best writers in journalism today
▪ experienced, published▪ young▪ aspiring▪a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published
▪ freelance, full-time, professional▪ contributing, senior, staff (all esp. AmE)▪ anonymous, ghost (usually ghostwriter)▪ contemporary, living, modern, recent▪ ancient, classical, Greek, Roman▪ Renaissance, Victorian, etc.▪ modernist, post-colonial▪ 16th-century, etc.▪ early, later▪early writers in sociology
▪ black, female, gay, male, woman▪She gives talks about being a black woman writer.
▪ Christian, communist, feminist, political, socialist▪ religious, spiritual▪ academic, technical▪ fiction, prose▪ comedy, crime, mystery, romance, science-fiction, sci-fi, thriller▪ baseball, cookbook (esp. AmE), cookery (BrE), fashion, food, football, golf, nature, science, sports, travel▪ copy (usually copywriter), editorial (esp. AmE), feature, headline, leader (BrE), magazine, newspaper (esp. AmE), speech▪ comic-book, short-story, textbook▪ film, screen (usually screenwriter), script (usually scriptwriter), television, TV▪ music, song (usually songwriter)▪ software▪ letter, report▪ shorthand (BrE)▪ the present (written)▪The present writer (= the person writing) has no experience in microbiology.
WRITER + VERB▪ write sth▪a popular writer who has written over forty books
▪ argue sth, describe sth, point sth out, put it, say sth, suggest sth▪As one writer put it, English wine could be drunk only with closed eyes and through clenched teeth.
▪Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse?
▪ be interested in sth▪ draw on sth▪The writer drew on his own experience to write this script.
PREPOSITION▪ as writer▪her career as a writer
▪ writer for▪a freelance feature writer for Time
▪ writer of▪a writer of children's books
▪ writer on▪He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
PHRASES▪ a group of writers, a writer's group▪ a writer in residence▪We have decided not to employ a writer in residence after June.
▪ a writer of the day, period, time, etc.▪Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.
▪ writer's block▪He's just released a new album after two years of writer's block.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
