'Novelist' definitions:
Definition of 'novelist'
From: WordNet
noun
One who writes novels
Definition of 'Novelist'
From: GCIDE
- Novelist \Nov"el*ist\, n.
- 1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [Obs.] --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. F. nouvelliste, It. novellista.] A writer of news. [Obs.] --Tatler (178). [1913 Webster]
- 3. [Cf. F. nouvelliste.] A writer of a novel or novels. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'novelist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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