SCREENWRITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screenwriter mean? 

• SCREENWRITER (noun)
  The noun SCREENWRITER has 1 sense:

1. someone who writes screenplays

  Familiarity information: SCREENWRITER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREENWRITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who writes screenplays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

film writer; screenwriter

Hypernyms ("screenwriter" is a kind of...):

scriptwriter (someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas)

Instance hyponyms:

George Lucas; Lucas (United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944))

Dalton Trumbo; Trumbo (United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976))

 Context examples 

This full moon of February 8-9 is in Leo, a sign that rules the arts and entertainment, including actors and musicians, artists, costume and set designers, poets, photographers, filmmakers, screenwriters—even lawyers who specialize in intellectual property for the entertainment industry.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)