screenwriter

C1 Topic:People & Society
US /ˈskriːnˌraɪtɝ/
noun Freq #25563

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who writes the scripts for films or television programmes.

    The screenwriter spent two years working on the script for the film.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who writes the... scriptwriterfilm writer
Word family
Forms screenwriters

Etymology

From screen + writer.

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