ghostwriter

noun

Definition of ghostwriternext
as in scribbler

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter
  1. scribbler
  2. biographer
  3. writer
  4. coauthor
  5. hagiographer
  6. wordsmith
  7. hack
  8. autobiographer
Noun
  • Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.
    Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
Definition of scribbler
Noun
  • Yet, in trying to save her from being an appurtenance of Voltaire’s, her biographer disembodies her a little.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Gwenda Blair, a longtime Trump biographer, noted the Garden is associated with rock stars, celebrities and fighters – playing into the larger-than-life image Trump cultivates.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • For many older writers, minimalism becomes an increasingly vital part of their continued practice.
    Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Staff writer Laura Lancaster’s ideal headlamp would have a single button for on, off, and red.
    Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of writer
Noun
  • The images with the strongest connection related to the transport of jars and cloth, said study coauthor Kathryn Kelley, a research fellow in the department of classical philology and Italian studies at the University of Bologna.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Ethan Bernstein is the Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration in the organizational behavior unit at Harvard Business School and a coauthor of Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career (HarperCollins, 2024).
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of coauthor
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
    Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
Definition of hagiographer
Noun
  • Benny The Butcher has given Lloyd Banks his flowers, praising the emcee for his lyrical excellence and deeming him as one of the greatest wordsmiths to pick up a mic.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 June 2024
  • Wu-Tang’s RZA respects both Kendrick Lamar and Drake, but does believe there’s a key difference between the two wordsmiths.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of wordsmith
Noun
  • What election narratives are foreign actors pushing? Expect false tales of voters tampering with mail-in ballots, non-citizens casting ballots and hacks of election infrastructure in social media posts.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • And, blockchain technology provides a robust security framework, reducing the risk of hacks and data breaches.
    Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of hack
Noun
  • The author of that book, Memoirs 1925-1950, was Kennan himself, as self-critical and personally reflective an autobiographer as his century had seen.
    Nicholas Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2011
  • Still, for Beyoncé the filmmaker and autobiographer, one narrative-building feat seems to remain out of reach.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
Definition of autobiographer
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