ghostwriter

noun

Definition of ghostwriternext
as in scribbler

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Recent Examples of ghostwriter Biden's classified docs narrative crumbles amid release of ghostwriter tapes. — FOXNews.com, 28 July 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 Following backlash from his former costars, the actor retracted the claims and said he was taken advantage of by a ghostwriter. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026 And yet, in the last chapter of her ghostwritten book, Whoopi Goldberg acknowledges some misgivings about using a ghostwriter. — Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter
  1. scribbler
  2. cowriter
  3. biographer
  4. writer
  5. coauthor
  6. hagiographer
  7. wordsmith
  8. hack
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
  • Jack Hirsch, biographer of Anthony’s husband, Olympic and pro boxing champ Michael Spinks, confirmed the news to Anthony’s longtime publication New York Amsterdam News.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Anthony’s death was confirmed to Variety by Jack Hirsch, the biographer of Anthony’s husband, Michael Spinks.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • Neither group showed higher-than-normal death rates from cancers that aren't tied to radiation exposure, noted the commentary writers, Catherine Olsen and Ken Karipidis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes the cure for writer’s block is just having something to react to, and ChatGPT is always there to provide fodder.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of writer
Noun
  • The feat, says study coauthor and NSO senior scientist Friedrich Wöger, is equivalent to seeing ants crawling on Earth’s surface from an altitude of 100 miles (about 160 km).
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Staci Hill is the co-founder of Gooseberry Bridge Farm and the coauthor of The Preserver’s Garden.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 1 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
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
  • Wolff does not describe it as a chatbot, a productivity hack, or a clever add-on.
    — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • When activists and media hacks attack your locker room, a head coach cannot just sit on the fence.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hack

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