Definition of Scriptwriter

1. Noun. Someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas.

Specialized synonyms: Film Writer, Screenwriter
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Definition of Scriptwriter

1. Noun. A person who writes scripts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scriptwriter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scriptwriter

scriptoria
scriptorial
scriptorium
scriptoriums
scriptory
scripts
scriptural
scripturalism
scripturalist
scripturalists
scripturally
scripturalness
scripture
scriptures
scripturist
scriptwriter (current term)
scriptwriters
scriptwriting
scrit
scritch
scritched
scritches
scritching
scrive
scrived
scrivened
scrivener
scrivener's palsy
scriveners
scrives

Literary usage of Scriptwriter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality and edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"Testimony of Edward James Olmos, Actor, scriptwriter, and Director MR. RIVERA. Thank you, Ms. Gibbs. I would like to move on, if I can, to Mr. Olmos. ..."

2. Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writerby Robert Lee, Robert Misiorowski by Robert Lee, Robert Misiorowski (1978)
""The scriptwriter": a new monthly magazine which hopes to become the "market survey, craft guide, and forum for professional ..."

3. Trouble in Paradise? Europe in the 21st Century by Steven Philip Kramer, Irene Kyriakopoulos (1996)
"Perhaps the most telling testimony of public disgust at the entire political class was the April 1995 selection of a movie scriptwriter and a comedian as ..."

4. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"... word-processing define a context for the practical experience of self-identification as novelist, poet, playwright, screenplay author, and scriptwriter. ..."

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