playwright n 1: someone who writes plays [syn: {dramatist}, {playwright}]
Playwright \Play"wright`\, n. A maker or adapter of plays. [1913 Webster]
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "playwright": choreographer, comedian, dramatist, dramatizer, dramaturge, farcer, farceur, farceuse, farcist, gagman, joke writer, jokesmith, librettist, melodramatist, mimographer, monodramatist, play doctor, play fixer, playwriter, scenario writer, scenarioist, scenarist, screenwriter, scriptwriter, tragedian