novelist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nov=el=ist

CIDE DICTIONARY

novelist, n. 

•  An innovator; an asserter of novelty.  Cudworth.  [1913 Webster]
•  A writer of news.  Tatler (178).  [1913 Webster]
•  A writer of a novel or novels.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

novelist, n. a writer of novels.

Derivative

novelistic adj.

THESAURUS

novelist

advertising writer, anecdotist, annalist, art critic, author, authoress, belletrist, bibliographer, coauthor, collaborator, columnist, compiler, composer, copywriter, creative writer, critic, dance critic, diarist, drama critic, dramatist, encyclopedist, essayist, fableist, fabler, fabulist, fictionist, free lance, free-lance writer, ghost, ghostwriter, humorist, inditer, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, magazine writer, man of letters, monographer, music critic, mythmaker, mythopoet, narrator, newspaperman, novelettist, pamphleteer, penwoman, poet, prose writer, raconteur, reciter, recounter, relator, reviewer, romancer, romancist, sagaman, scenario writer, scenarist, scribe, scriptwriter, short-story writer, spinner of yarns, storier, storyteller, taleteller, technical writer, teller of tales, word painter, wordsmith, writer, yarn spinner

ROGET THESAURUS

novelist

Description

N description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi.