COWRITER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

cowriter

noun

as in coauthor

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Recent Examples of cowriter 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 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 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

Though the effects were small, taken together, the findings back up what large population studies have found, said Dagfinn Aune, a coauthor on the meta-analysis.

— Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
As a legislator, Gipson was the principal coauthor of Senate Constitutional Amendment 4 in 2023, which was sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

— The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of coauthor

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

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

Definition of stylist

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

Politically savvy, wickedly and playfully witty, and in close touch with humanity’s many facets, Roger Simon was among the most admired newspaper columnists of his generation at a time when that world was rich in that species of wordsmiths.

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026
Kerri comes from an improv background but is also a technical wordsmith.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026

Definition of wordsmith

Noun

No franchise on this list is more indebted to a single auteur (Wes Craven) and a single actor (Robert Englund), who turned the saga of Freddy Krueger into something uniquely horrifying.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of auteur

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

The rooms themselves also feature deep tubs and custom details (a John Derian pen pot here, a mohair accent there).

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Many newer business owners still use spreadsheets or pen and paper to record transactions, even though manual bookkeeping can be time-consuming and lead to more errors.

— Carson Brunson, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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