SCENARIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

scenarist

noun

Definition of scenarist

as in scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of scenarist 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 Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split). — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022 McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend. — Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021

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Noun

If the writer is a scriptwriter, the translator is the actor; if the writer is a composer, the translator is the musician; if the writer is a choreographer, the translator is the dancer.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Sadly, Showalter and the scriptwriter, Nick Antosca, are completely unable to meet these demands, with the result that the absurdities are all on the screen.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of scriptwriter

Noun

Another addition is CineGouna Series, led by Egyptian screenwriter Mariam Naoum, an extension of the industry program into an ever more popular medium, both across the region and the wider international entertainment industry.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The musical features a new book by Eleanor Bergstein, the original screenwriter of the film, direction by Lonny Price (who played Neil Kellerman in the film) and choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie (Fat Ham).

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of screenwriter

Noun

Frances Haugen opened up to journalists and testified before Congress, but opening up to a dramatist strikes me as a different thing altogether.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
With this time-shaping device called the Chronovisor, Father Pellegrino Ernetti professed to have seen footage of the crucified Christ and even enjoyed a lost play staged by an ancient Roman dramatist.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of dramatist

Noun

But especially as Other Desert Cities progresses, there’s something queasy about how maimed her life has been, not by her parents but by her playwright.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Working on this play with this playwright and this cast is wonderful.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of playwright

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Information for this article was contributed by staff writers of The Associated Press and Constant Méheut of The New York Times.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
One of Bilton and Weiss’s signature new on-air hires is the conservative writer Ross Douthat, formerly an opinion columnist for the Times.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of writer

Noun

Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.

— Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021

Definition of litterateur

Noun

This tactical pen includes a powerful little flashlight, a strong glass-breaking tip, a blade, a graphite pen, and a magnetic screwdriver with room to hold three bits.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
But Safdie kept adding more films, and then still more, in block letters using pens of different colors.

— Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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