Cheever

American  

[chee-ver] / ˈtʃi vər /

noun

1. John, 1912–82, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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Cheever British  

/ ˈtʃiːvə /

noun

1. John. 1912–82, US novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Wapshot Chronicle (1957) and Bullet Park (1969)

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Example Sentences

Perhaps as a bid to restore her father’s literary importance, Ms. Cheever has produced a sequel to “Home Before Dark” that emphasizes his work—specifically his short stories—more than his life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Ms. Cheever began to understand that his stories came at least partly from the tension between his private feelings of shame and the effort to maintain his respectability as a literary grandee and paterfamilias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Ella Cheever Thayer’s 1879 hit novel Wired Love: A Romance in Dots and Dashes suggests that both can be true.

From Slate • May 27, 2024

Each has the narrative power of a John Cheever story, as artist Cary Leibowitz, co-head of the print department at the Phillips auction house, said in a telephone interview.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

"Oh, a trifle, yes,—but none to hurt,—you wa'n't born to die by no Cheever lead."

From Mothering on Perilous by Furman, Lucy S.