LINGUIST Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

linguist

noun

Definition of linguist

as in novelist

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Recent Examples of linguist So the academy—a panel of forty-five linguists, scientists, philosophers, and others—makes formal recommendations about how the language can and cannot change. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 The field shrank Monday when candidate Lindsey Church, a former Navy linguist who runs a nonprofit serving minority veterans, dropped out of the race and endorsed Macías. — Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026 New York Times columnist, best-selling author, linguist and Columbia University professor John McWhorter doesn't shy away from controversy and isn't afraid to offend people. — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 24 May 2026 With daily-speaker numbers declining census after census, linguist Conchúr Ó Giollagáin warned in 2015 that Irish as a living language — as opposed to a school subject, Duolingo hobby, or urban identity badge — could be gone in about 10 years. — Big Think, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for linguist

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Noun

Other competition highlights include Milo from director Nicole Garcia (Oran), a French drama featuring Marion Cotillard and Lurker star Théodore Pellerin; and In My Father’s Room, the directorial debut of Japanese novelist Maha Harada.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
What the novelist is getting at here resonates far beyond a single celebrity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

On the other hand, our commitment to great content is matched by our commitment to acceptance – to every story, every storyteller, and no blacklists, no exceptions, for anyone.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
Nearly everything else, this pair of professional storytellers already had.

— Caroline Randall Williams, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of storyteller

Noun

Kei Miller is a Jamaican poet, essayist, and novelist, shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award and winner of the prestigious Forward poetry prize for his collection The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
James Baldwin rose to prominence as a novelist, essayist, and public intellectual at a time when psychoanalysis was all the rage.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of essayist

Noun

Jason Arday, a neurodivergent Black Cambridge professor who was feted as a wunderkind by some and denigrated as a fabulist by others, resigned earlier this month amidst accusations of plagiarism.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Academia—like business, electoral politics, and the tech sector—has loads of fabulists and tons of bunk.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of fabulist

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