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

Susan Cheever reads her father’s short stories and reconsiders her memories of him as parent and artist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

For Susan Cheever, the question is a longtime preoccupation.

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

The posthumous volumes are carefully and judiciously edited by the Rev. Henry T. Cheever, whose own works of a somewhat similar character we have always to notice with praise.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various