novelist
Syllables: nov·el·ist/ˈnɒvəlɪst/US/ˈnɑvəlɪst/
novelist noun: an author of novels.
Noun
novelist (plural novelists)
novelist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
novelist in Hindi
- author of novels
- उपन्यासकार upanyāskār, नावेलिस्ट nāvelisṭ
novelist in Tamil
- நவீனம் எழுதுபவர், நவீன கதாசிரியர், நாவலாசிரியர்
novelist in Marathi
- author of novels
- कादंबरीकार kādambrīkār
novelist in Urdu
- ناول نویس, ناول نگار
More languagesFewer languages
- novelist in Bengali
- ঔপন্যাসিক
- novelist in Malayalam
- ആഖ്യായികാകാരൻ, നോവലെഴുത്തുകാരൻ
- novelist in Kannada
- ಕಾದಂಬರಿಕಾರ, ಪೆರ್ಕತೆಗಾರ
- novelist in Tagalog
- nobelista
- novelist in Arabic
- رِوَائِيّ riwāʔiyy, رِوَائِيَّة riwāʔiyya
- novelist in Indonesian
- novelis
- novelist in Vietnamese
- tiểu thuyết gia
Examples of novelist in a sentence
- She is best known for biography and history, but she is also a novelist.
- The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.
- My favorite novelist was on a flying visit to London last week for a book signing.
Forms of novelist
| plural | novelists |
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Origin of novelist
From novel + -ist.
Words formed from novelist
Phrases with novelist
Questions about novelist
- What does novelist mean?
- Novelist means an author of novels.
- What is novelist in Hindi?
- Novelist in Hindi is उपन्यासकार (upanyāskār), नावेलिस्ट (nāvelisṭ). See Novelist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is novelist?
- Novelist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce novelist?
- Novelist is pronounced /ˈnɑvəlɪst/ (US).
- What is the plural of novelist?
- The plural of novelist is novelists.
Words near novelist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: novelist (page history and authors); novelist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); novelist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Novelist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); novelist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); novelist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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