Meanings
plural reviewers
- A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.
AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Ernest F. Carter. Cassell. 63s. [...] Such a disappointing work is embarrassing to the reviewer and unworthy of the great House of Cassell.
1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26Synonyms: critic
- A person who reviews songs, movies, games, or other forms of artistic works.
- An inspector.
The cost of initial site evaluation visits will vary with the cost of travel from the USDA reviewer's duty station to the applicant's place of business.
2007, Mary Choate, Organic Lies - PhilippinesAny comprehensive study material used to review for an examination; study guide.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian рецензент
- рецензент (recenzent)critic
Chinese Cantonese 評論家 /评论家
- 評論家 /评论家 (ping⁴ leon⁶ gaa¹)critic
Chinese Mandarin 評論家 /评论家
- 評論家 /评论家 (pínglùnjiā)critic
Czech recenzent
- recenzentcritic
Danish recensent
- recensentcritic
Dutch recensent
- recensentcritic
Esperanto recenzisto
- recenzistocritic
Finnish arvostelija, kriitikko
- arvostelijacritic
- kriitikkocritic
French relecteur, réviseur
- relecteurcritic
- réviseurcritic
German Rezensent, Rezensentin
- Rezensentcritic
- Rezensentincritic
Hindi विवेचक, समीक्षक
- विवेचक (vivecak)critic
- समीक्षक (samīkṣak)critic
Hungarian recenzens
- recenzenscritic
Irish léirmheastóir
- léirmheastóircritic
Italian recensore
- recensorecritic
Japanese 評論家
- 評論家 (hyōronka)critic
Māori kaiarotake
- kaiarotakecritic
Portuguese crítico
- críticocritic
Romanian recenzent
- recenzentcritic
Russian рецензе́нт, рецензе́нтка
- рецензе́нт (recenzént)critic
- рецензе́нтка (recenzéntka)critic
Scottish Gaelic lèirmheasaiche
- lèirmheasaichecritic
Spanish reseñista, reseñante
- reseñistacritic
- reseñantecritic
- críticocritic
- reseñadorcritic
- recensorcritic
Swedish recensent
- recensentcritic
Thai นักวิจารณ์
- นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan)critic
Vietnamese nhà phê bình
- nhà phê bìnhcritic
Welsh adolygydd
- adolygyddcritic
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Cite this entry
reviewer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviewer
“reviewer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviewer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reviewer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviewer.
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