Playwright
Playwright noun - Someone who writes plays.
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Synonyms for Playwright
Writer and playwright are semantically related. in dramatist topic. In some cases you can use "Writer" instead a noun "Playwright", when it comes to topics like person who writes for the theater.
Writer
Writer noun - A person who creates a written work.
Usage example: a writer who is still trying to get published
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Related pairs
- correspondent and playwright
- correspondent and writer
- author and playwright
- author and writer
- journalist and playwright
- journalist and writer
- scribe and playwright
- scribe and writer
- novelist and playwright
- novelist and writer
- essayist and playwright
- essayist and writer
- poet and playwright
- poet and writer
How words are described
| fellow | fellow playwright | fellow writer |
| female | female playwright | female writer |
| popular | popular playwright | popular writer |
| brilliant | brilliant playwright | brilliant writer |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, successful, bad, young, talented, famous, well-known, former, influential, greatest, comic, aspiring, greek, roman, Scottish. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In One Hundred Greatest Britons (2002) Shakespeare was the only writer/playwright to enter the Top ten.
Source: Creator Worship - Writer and playwright Jean Kerr occasionally collaborated with her husband, stage critic Walter Kerr.
Source: Creator Couple -
Critics have said that this last reference was an attack to Lope de Vega, the most influential Spanish playwright and writer, and very successful and famous in their own time.
Source: Literature / Don Quixote
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