noun · neutral
columnist
UK/ˈkɒləmnɪst/US/ˈkɑːləmnɪst/COL·umn·ist
a journalist who writes a regular article expressing personal opinions in a newspaper or magazine
Examples
“As a columnist, he often comments on social issues every Sunday.”
“The columnist's pieces sparked a lot of online debate.”
“She worked as a sports columnist before becoming an editor.”
Band 8 sentence
“As a long‑standing columnist, she has shaped public debate on education through consistently argued pieces.”
Collocations
- opinion columnist
- newspaper columnist
- write a column
Word family
Common mistakes
He is a column→He is a columnist / He writes a column
She is columnist→She is a columnist
Say it for a higher band
5writer→6journalist→7+columnist
Synonyms
opinion writer
Easily confused
journalist
“She works as a freelance journalist for several national papers.”
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