Synonyms of the word

litterateur

• n. A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.

author

• n. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
• n. Someone who writes books for a living.
• n. The works of an author or authors.
• v. (chiefly US) To create a work as its author.

essayist

• n. One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions. (compare short story author; novelist).

writer

• n. A person who writes, or produces literary work.
• n. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a…
• n. Anything that writes or produces output.