| Main Entry: | editor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | redactor |
Synonyms: |
blue-penciler, copyholder, copyreader, deskman, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, proofreader, reviser, rewrite man, rewrite woman, rewriter |
| Main Entry: | journalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes about factual events for a living |
Synonyms: |
announcer, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, pencil pusher, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, scrivener, stringer, television commentator, writer |
| Main Entry: | newsman/newswoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
Synonyms: |
anchor, anchor man/woman, anchor person, announcer, columnist, copy editor, correspondent, cub, editor, foreign correspondent, ink slinger, interviewer, investigative reporter, journalist, legman/woman, newscaster, newshound, newspaperman/woman, newswriter, pressman/ woman, stringer, war correspondent, writer |
| Main Entry: | press |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people or person working in communications |
Synonyms: |
columnist, correspondent, editor, fourth estate, interviewer, journalism, journalist, magazine, media, newspaper, newsperson, paper, periodical, photographer, publicist, publisher, reporter, writer |
| Main Entry: | reporter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who informs |
Synonyms: |
anchor, anchorperson, announcer, columnist, correspondent, cub, editor, ink slinger, interviewer, journalist, legperson, newscaster, newshound, newsperson, newswriter, press person, scribe, scrivener, stringer, writer |
| Main Entry: | writer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who composes with language |
Synonyms: |
author, biographer, columnist, contributor, correspondent, critic, dramatist, editor, essayist, freelancer, ghostwriter, journalist, newspaper person, novelist, person of letters, poet, reporter, screenwriter, scribbler, scribe, scripter, stenographer, stringer, wordsmith |
Antonyms: |
reader |
| Main Entry: | interpreter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translator |
Synonyms: |
analyst, annotator, artist, biographer, commentator, critic, decoder, delegate, editor, exegete, explicator, exponent, expositor, glossographer, guide, linguist, paraphraser, philosopher, professor, reviewer, scholar, speaker, spokesperson, writer |
| Notes: | an interpreter converts speech to another language and a translator converts writing to another language |
| Main Entry: | word processor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document processing program |
Synonyms: |
data processor, editor, text editor, word processing program |
| Main Entry: | reader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who reads habitually |
Synonyms: |
bibliomaniac, bibliophile, book reviewer, bookworm, editor, literary critic, proofreader |
| Main Entry: | lexicographer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictionary editor |
Synonyms: |
author, compiler, definer, editor, lexicologist, linguist |