AUTHORS Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of author

as in writers

a person who creates a written work a brilliant novel by a first-time author

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a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the author of modern genetics

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verb

present tense third-person singular of author

as in writes

to compose and set down on paper the words of authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

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The authors found a long-run relationship between top incomes and art prices and argued that high-end art prices are driven less by the average person’s buying power than by how much the wealthiest can spend. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The authors noted the circumstances surrounding the violent act, and whether other early humans could have been involved in the individual’s death, were completely unknown. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 Internationally bestselling authors are (figuratively) mining wetlands for inspiration. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 The authors then extracted the bell’s natural vibrational frequencies from that data, along with the corresponding mode shapes and loss factors. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 The authors attribute this to both activities moving the jaw and engaging the temporalis muscle (a muscle at the side of the head) in similar ways. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 Netanyahu did not pass on the warnings to his security aides, according to the authors, Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 14 Oct. 2026 In 2006, Mostafa Terrab, one of this article’s co-authors, was appointed directeur général of OCP, a Moroccan fertilizer company. — Harvard Business Review, 14 Oct. 2026 Its 2,500-plus episodes have featured two- to three-hour interviews with a range of actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, authors and more. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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Hannah Agran, Midwest Living’s executive editor who authors many food features, is a frequent shopper. — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026 In addition, Roberts often authors the opinions in the biggest cases – and there are some big ones left. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Clare McAndrew, who authors the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, told The Observer that demand for his paintings had surged more than 1,200 percent in the forty-eight hours following his passing. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 June 2026 Perhaps if the team authors a more precipitous decline and those gaps grow, there will be a more serious conversation about conducting a selloff. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 25 May 2026 While not all of the slowdown in box production can be attributable to falling demand for goods, the slump is present in other areas of the freight economy, said Adam Josephson, a longtime paper and packaging sell-side analyst who now authors an economics newsletter. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025

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Several media chains and hedge funds than own newspapers now judge writers as much by their ability to sell the product (through subscriptions and page views) as the quality of their work.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Christiane Zehl Romero, her chief biographer, noted that the bullheaded Bertolt Brecht had benefitted from Seghers’s protective maneuvers, as did rebellious younger writers such as Heiner Müller and Christa Wolf.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of writers

Noun

An American who knows nothing about real football comes to the place where it was invented and attempts to tell the creators of the sport how to play.

— Jay Martel, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
This latest collaboration builds on Moynat’s push to work with artists and pop-culture creators.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of creators

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George Pullar stars, co-writes with Taylor Danworth and produces with Michael Lawrence, John Molloy and Suzanne Walker.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Bill Plaschke writes the Dodgers’ three-peat dreams are dying in the face of the potent Milwaukee Brewers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of writes

Noun

Ithaca Holdings co-founders Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman will become co-CEOs.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
So the city loses out not only on new companies that would otherwise set up shop here but also on a group of founders who might have channeled their profits into the next generation of startups.

— Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of founders

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This week, Gracie Abrams pens a tearjerker on mother-daughter relationships, Steve Lacy escapes the abyss of a breakup on a colossal double track, and Beabadoobee contemplates risk and reward on a fuzzy new single.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
Sarah Rothschild pens the screenplay with Elizabeth Cantillon producing.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026

Definition of pens

Noun

Those girls in the hothouses maintained by fathers and uncles certainly would not spare a single thought for Percherette.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
Nearly every player on the team is a dad, with seemingly a few players becoming first-time fathers each of the past few seasons.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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