COWRITER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

cowriter

noun

as in coauthor

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Recent Examples of cowriter Gail Daughtry was directed and cowritten by David Wain, a veteran of the comedy troupe The State and also the director of the 2001 cult hit Wet Hot American Summer; Marino, another State and Wet Hot alumnus, is his cowriter. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026 This is very much the spirit of this unabashedly absurd film from director David Wain, who, with his cowriter Ken Marino concluded early on that the idea was really stupid, didn't make sense and went nowhere. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 Waititi and cowriter Dahvi Waller were able to weave together an uplifting, warm story starring Jenna Ortega as Klara, the Artificial Friend who is adopted by a woman (Amy Adams) as a companion for her daughter Josie (Mia Tharia). — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026 By populating the green with so many conflicting personalities, director and cowriter Harold Ramis makes golf seem both monumentally silly and, despite its staid trappings, unexpectedly freewheeling. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026 Zamiri and Aitchison worked closely with cowriter Bertie Brandes to crack the movie, which chronicles a dramatic shift for Charli as an artist, as people start to see her in a different light. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 It’s nominated for best picture musical or comedy, with star Timothée Chalamet nominated for best actor in a comedy and cowriter and director Josh Safdie nominated for best screenplay. — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026 Around this time, Fabiano Gullane, a partner at the production company, offered him a job as the showrunner of the miniseries and cowriter on a Senna feature, per the lawsuit. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025 The National member took on the roles of coproducer and cowriter for Prizefighter, working with members Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane at his Long Pond Studio in upstate New York. — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025

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Noun

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

Definition of coauthor

Noun

Contributing Writer Laura Itzkowitz is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for covering travel, arts and culture, lifestyle, design, food, and wine.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Ahmed Naji is a bilingual writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and official criminal from Egypt.

— Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of writer

Noun

The stylists had fun mimicking features from its namesake, Lockheed's legendary Mach-3 Blackbird SR-71 spy plane.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
On a recent Twitch stream, Aysia Collins, one of Burke’s closest friends and a stylist on his Withered tour, recalled seeing the missing-person flyer.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of stylist

Noun

Biden's classified docs narrative crumbles amid release of ghostwriter tapes.

— , FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
In the final years of his life, Tana became determined to tell that story, working with writers in Serbia and eventually a ghostwriter, Todd Gold, who requested no credit; the resulting memoir feels wholly told in Tana’s voice.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of ghostwriter

Noun

Madonna was stopped dead in her tracks by the strapping 30-year-old auteur of the nouvelle vague gangster movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, an eye-popping directorial debut.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
Creators Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest lend an auteur’s touch to the material, creating something that stands on its own while still bearing some of the MCU’s crowd pleasing flourishes.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 June 2026

Definition of auteur

Noun

Royal biographer Ingrid Seward—who also personally knew Diana—told Hello!

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 July 2026
According to Kahlo’s biographer Hayden Herrera, Trotsky became especially animated and witty in their company, and while his opportunities were limited, his success was notable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

For weeks Haitians living in the United States, including here in South Florida, have been warned that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would be coming to an end, and on Wednesday that decision became final with the stroke of a judge's pen.

— Tania Francois, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
People are much more comfortable pushing their physical bodies to their limits, rather than sitting down to stretch their imaginations with pen and paper.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

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