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Sense: Noun: writer

Synonyms:

writer , novelist, dramatist, playwright , biographer, poet, essayist, short-story writer, screenwriter, scribe, poetess, authoress, scribbler (informal), hack (informal), ghost writer

Antonyms:

reader , publisher , audience

Sense: Noun: inventor or originator

Synonyms:

inventor, originator, creator, architect , initiator, maker , founder , father , mother , producer , designer , the brains (informal), composer, begetter, sire

Antonyms:

follower , disciple, pupil , copier, imitator, destroyer, destructor

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