GHOSTWRITER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

ghostwriter

noun

Definition of ghostwriter

as in scribbler

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Recent Examples of ghostwriter 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 While the defense has hinted that Davis' ghostwriter, Yusef Jah, fictionalized some details and that the defendant wasn't involved in the crime, prosecutors have Jah's name on their witness list. — Michael Ruiz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 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 Ava Gardner, The Secret Conversations The actress was contracted to write a memoir, but after hours of conversation with her ghostwriter, changed her mind; this book is drawn from those tapes. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 Joe Biden sued the DOJ to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of conversations with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 27 May 2026 Former President Joe Biden is suing the Justice Department in an attempt to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from private interviews with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 27 May 2026 The young professionals who thrive here treat AI as a sparring partner rather than a ghostwriter. — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter

Noun

The internet and smartphone threatened to stamp out scribblers entirely.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.

— Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025

Definition of scribbler

Noun

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

Definition of cowriter

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

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

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

But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.

— Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020

Definition of hagiographer

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