wordmongersomeone who uses big words
What the word
someone who uses big words
wordmonger (pretentious)
sesquipedalian (formal)
lexiphanes (rare)
pedant (disparaging)
rhetorician (neutral)
Synonym
wordmonger
charlatan
quack (archaic) mountebank (dated) empiric (archaic) med
Thesaurus
wordmonger
Kinds of person
writer author scribbler (derogatory) hack (derogatory) penman wordsmith logophile linguist lexicographer etymologist philologist rhetorician essayist journalist columnist novelist poet bard (literary) ghostwriter copywriter editor proofreader translator annotator glossator scholar pedant (derogatory) pedagogue purist grammarian
Word-related things
word vocabulary lexicon diction phrasing wording prose rhetoric style grammar syntax usage idiom jargon argot slang vernacular lingo language tongue speech writing text manuscript draft composition essay article column treatise thesaurus dictionary glossary gloss lexicon
Actions
write pen draft compose author scribble jot edit proofread revise reword rephrase paraphrase translate annotate gloss define etymologize parse diagram pontificate (derogatory) quibble (derogatory) nitpick (derogatory) split hairs (idiomatic)
Sounds and speech
word utterance pronouncement diction enunciation eloquence bombast (derogatory) verbosity (derogatory) logorrhea (derogatory) blather (derogatory) prattle (derogatory) babble palaver waffle (British, derogatory)
Places
desk study library newsroom news desk scriptorium (historical) archive press room editorial office bookstore academy seminar room podium lectern
Gestures and habits
scribbling jotting note-taking annotating underlining highlighting dog-earing citing quoting footnoting cross-referencing proofreading red-penning marking up
Expressions
man of letters woman of letters wordsmith word merchant (derogatory) paper pusher (derogatory) pen pusher (derogatory, British) ink slinger (informal) hack writer (derogatory) quill driver (archaic) Grub Street (historical) split hairs play with words turn a phrase choose one's words eat one's words in so many words the pen is mightier than the sword (proverb)
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