novelist

Word parts

novel + -ist

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈnɑvəlɪst/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈnɒvəlɪst/
• Hyphenation: nov‧el‧ist

Noun

Singular novelist

Plural novelists

1. (countable) A novelist is a person who writes novels, a collection of short stories.

   Leo Tolstoy is a famous Russian novelist and has written many novels.

Related words

• novel