cowriter

noun

as in coauthor

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Recent Examples of cowriter 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowriter
  1. coauthor
  2. writer
  3. stylist
  4. ghostwriter
  5. wordsmith
  6. auteur
  7. biographer
  8. pen
Noun
  • Lechter, the book’s coauthor, says that when she got involved, Kiyosaki had written 600 pages spread across multiple files and floppy disks.
    — Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The results suggest that young people aren’t having conversations about AI literacy — including how to stay safe, how artificial intelligence works and how to figure out whether chatbots are accurate, study coauthor Michael Robb said.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of coauthor
Noun
  • For a dressier option, the Franco Sarto Loran Slides are heralded by a Travel+Leisure writer who recently wore them all over Europe with zero foot pain.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In addition to modular dorms, there are many large glass buildings in the Dysonplex (as Allure’s former senior writer Brennan Kilbane dubbed it after his own visit six years ago).
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of writer
Noun
  • In addition to special contributions from designers, all pieces featured in the exhibition were sourced from eBay and styled by eBay’s resident stylist Brie Welch, with proceeds from the eBay Live auction benefiting the CFDA.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Quiñones, an artist known as @skullsqwat and stylist to It-girl supreme and rock-star newlywed Gabbriette (known to her as Gabi), dwells in many realms.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 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
  • Kerri comes from an improv background but is also a technical wordsmith.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
  • But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise.
    — John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 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
  • Flynn biographer Jeffrey Meyers endorses the view that power politics and corruption fueled the case.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Harry’s surprise return to Britain has especially affected his older brother William, according to royal biographer Katie Nicholl.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • Teachers collected paper, sticky notes, pens and pencils, markers, crayons, picture books.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Standing in a holding pen for inmates, wearing orange jail attire, Holdo looked back at Savery almost admiringly, at times bowing his head.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of pen

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“Cowriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowriter. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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