Synonyms for author
ˈɔ θərau·thor

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1. authorverb

   To create a work as its author.

   Synonyms:
   artist, writer, subcreator, bookwright, creator, fabulator

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1. author

   The efficient cause, that which makes anything to be or be done, is the common meaning of the word, as in the saying "There is no effect without a cause." Every man instinctively recognizes himself acting through will as the cause of his own actions. The Creator is the Great First Cause of all things. A condition is something that necessarily precedes a result, but does not produce it. An antecedent simply precedes a result, with or without any agency in producing it; as, Monday is the invariable antecedent of Tuesday, but not the cause of it. The direct antonym of cause is effect, while that of antecedent is consequent. An occasion is some event which brings a cause into action at a particular moment; gravitation and heat are the causes of an avalanche; the steep incline of the mountain-side is a necessary condition, and the shout of the traveler may be the occasion of its fall. Causality is the doctrine or principle of causes, causation the action or working of causes. Compare DESIGN; REASON.

   Synonyms:
   actor, agent, antecedent, causality, causation, cause, condition, creator, designer, former, fountain, motive, occasion, origin, originator, power, precedent, reason, reason, source, spring

   Antonyms:
   consequence, creation, development, effect, end, end, event, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result

   Preposition:
   The cause of the disaster; cause for interference.

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1. author

   Synonyms:
   creator, producer, inventor, originator, parent, cause, constructor, agent, maker, composer, fabricator, committer, perpetrator, doer

   Antonyms:
   destroyer, annihilator, demolisher, spoiler, undoer, reverser

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. writer, authornoun

   writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

   Synonyms:
   writer, source, generator

2. generator, source, authorverb

   someone who originates or causes or initiates something

   "he was the generator of several complaints"

   Synonyms:
   writer, origin, beginning, generator, informant, rootage, root, seed, reference, source, germ, reservoir

3. authorverb

   be the author of

   "She authored this play"

Matched Categories

1. • Authorship
   • Communicator
   • Write

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1. authornoun

   Synonyms:
   originator, inventor, maker, creator, father, former, contriver, first cause

2. authornoun

   Synonyms:
   writer, composer

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1. authornoun

   Synonyms:
   creator, originator, father, littérateur, writer

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1. List of paraphrases for "author":

   complainant, perpetrator, writer, originator, 'auteur, petitioner, proposer, draftsman, autor, authors, questioner, offender, sponsor, settlor, auteur, communicant, authorship, copyright, creator, playwright

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1. Vanna Bonta:

   As the author of a work, I don't relinquish author-ity to just any critic, particularly not to people whose work I've not read or don't respect; those biased by envy are the least relevant, and grounded grammarians who strangle or sterilize under a banner of superiority are a close second.

2. Harry Emerson Fosdick:

   Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

3. Kimberly Johnson:

   I was proud to be African-American because I looked at them and thought what a wonderful thing they had done to open the path for me as a children's author, i know I would not be where I am today if folks before me had not forged the way, so I was very honored to be in there presence.

4. Faber Faber:

   It is difficult to express our profound sadness at losing P. D. James, one of the world's great writers and a Faber author since her first publication in 1962, she was so very remarkable in every aspect of her life, an inspiration and great friend to us all. We will miss her hugely.

5. Jim Naughtie:

   I've got a letter here that was sent out by OUP to an author doing something for young people, among the things prohibited in the text that was commissioned by OUP was the following : pigs plus sausages, or anything else that could be perceived as pork.