scriptwriter

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noun

A person who writes scripts.

Similar
screenwriter
OriginEnglish writer ← Middle English writer ← Old English wrītere →
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Meanings

nounscriptwriter (plural scriptwriters)

plural scriptwriters

  1. A person who writes scripts.

    Synonyms: screenwriter

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who writes scripts.

Similar
screenwriter
Also see
screenwriter

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  4. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  5. Latinscrībō
  6. Latinscrīptum
  7. Old Frenchescrit
  8. Middle Englishscrit
  9. Englishscript
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wreyd-der.?
  11. Proto-Germanic*wrītaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*wrītan
  13. Old Englishwrītan
  14. Old Englishwrītere
  15. Middle Englishwriter
  16. Englishwriter
  17. Englishscriptwriter

From script + writer.

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APA

scriptwriter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptwriter

MLA

“scriptwriter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptwriter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scriptwriter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptwriter.

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