Synonyms for
Novelist
Definition
A novelist is a person who writes novels, which are long stories that are usually fictional.
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Common collocations
- famous novelist
- best-selling novelist
- award-winning novelist
- debut novelist
- novelist and author
- a celebrated novelist
- a prolific novelist
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Usage note
While 'author' is a broader term, 'novelist' specifically refers to someone who writes novels. It is generally used in a neutral to positive register.
Example sentences
- The novelist spent years writing her latest book.
- My favorite novelist is J.K. Rowling.
- She hopes to become a famous novelist one day.
- The novelist's new novel is getting great reviews.
- Many people dream of becoming a novelist.
Quotes
A novelist is someone who takes you on a journey. Through space. Through time. A novelist leads the reader over a gap, makes something go where it wasnt. - Ursula K. Le Guin
A good novelist does not lead his characters, he follows them. A good novelist does not create events, he watches them happen and then writes down what he sees. A good novelist realizes he is a secretary, not God. - Harry Crews
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past. - Vladimir Nabokov