COWRITER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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

The series stars Hunt as AJ, an investment banker from Boston, who moves to New York for a new job and begins living with her best friend, aspiring celebrity stylist Abby (played by Avantika).

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
As for critics, like Rachel Tashjian, and stylists, like Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, the call is coming from inside the house.

— Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of stylist

Noun

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

Definition of ghostwriter

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

By the end of his life, Irving had established himself as a respected biographer and a sometime international diplomat.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Though there have been tensions between Camilla and her stepson Harry over the years, royal biographer Tom Bower reported that the queen politely offered the Duke of Sussex a cup of tea.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

That’s when Stewart allegedly stabbed the driver with a pen multiple times, per the affidavit.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Inside a hotel conference room downtown, rapper/vocalists Johnny and Taeyong and singers Jaehyun, Haechan and Yuta are dutifully seated at a table with iced coffees, pens and notepads.

— Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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