COAUTHOR Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

coauthor

noun

Definition of coauthor

as in cowriter

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Recent Examples of coauthor The feat, says study coauthor and NSO senior scientist Friedrich Wöger, is equivalent to seeing ants crawling on Earth’s surface from an altitude of 100 miles (about 160 km). — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026 Staci Hill is the co-founder of Gooseberry Bridge Farm and the coauthor of The Preserver’s Garden. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 2026 Núñez was coauthor of a study published in 2023 in the journal Buildings that examined a type of concrete building higher than 20 stories and built to minimum Venezuelan code requirements. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 Keep Welfare Economics Distinct From GDP Brynjolfsson and coauthors have done useful work documenting the consumer surplus generated by free digital goods. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for coauthor

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coauthor

Noun

As the cowriter, director, and star of the Leonard Bernstein drama, Cooper was ever-present during the awards campaign.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Ingrid Goes West is a blistering social-media satire from director and cowriter Matt Spicer, who also directed the Netflix original Little Brother.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026

Definition of cowriter

Noun

There’s an irony in this prominent liberal writer’s lack of interest in actual politics — in any kind of collective solidarity that might extend beyond the county line.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Nancy Slonim Aronie, a writer and artist friend on the Vineyard, had a more alarming experience after she was rushed to a hospital in Boston in January for open heart surgery.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of writer

Noun

That figure is the first half of the show’s title, the activist, author, and playwright Larry Kramer, who co-founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP and was instrumental in bringing the AIDS crisis to public attention.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Steinbeck’s novel is largely centered around the Hamiltons (who emigrate from Ireland to the author’s beloved Salinas Valley) and the Trasks (who move to California from the East Coast).

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of author

Noun

Vanity Fair’s global editorial director, Mark Guiducci, recently received an unsolicited email from a ghostwriter trying to sell him their services.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Perhaps outsourcing an op-ed to a chatbot isn’t materially different from outsourcing it to a ghostwriter.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of ghostwriter

Noun

And according to one royal biographer, their efforts appear to be paying off.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026
The lavish collection includes a foreword by royal journalist and biographer Tina Brown, who spent one-on-one time with the late princess during a lunch at the Four Seasons in New York just weeks before her death.

— Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

As her stylist Molly Dickson revealed via Instagram, the floor-length silk gown is from the Roberto Cavalli archives.

— Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2026
Watts regularly collaborates with stylist Jeanann Williams, who’s also worked with the likes of Meg Ryan, Leslie Mann and Abigail Spencer, among others.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

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