He's a ghostwriter.
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Ghostwriter
Synonyms for "ghostwriter" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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Translations
39 translations across 21 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- spookskrywer noun (professional writer for another person)
Catalan
2 entries- negre noun (professional writer for another person)
- negre literari noun (professional writer for another person)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 代筆者 /代笔者 noun (professional writer for another person)
- 捉刀手 noun (professional writer for another person)
- 槍手 /枪手 noun (professional writer for another person)
Danish
1 entries- neger noun (professional writer for another person)
Esperanto
2 entries- fantoma verkisto noun (professional writer for another person)
- kaŝita verkisto noun (professional writer for another person)
Finnish
1 entries- haamukirjoittaja noun (professional writer for another person)
French
4 entries- nègre noun (professional writer for another person)
- nègre littéraire noun (professional writer for another person)
- prête-plume noun (professional writer for another person)
- écrivain fantôme noun (professional writer for another person)
German
2 entries- Ghostwriter noun (professional writer for another person)
- Phantomschreiber noun (professional writer for another person)
Hungarian
2 entries- néger noun (professional writer for another person)
- szellemíró noun (professional writer for another person)
Italian
4 entries- ghostwriter noun (professional writer for another person)
- negro letterario noun (professional writer for another person)
- scrittore fantasma noun (professional writer for another person)
- scrittore ombra noun (professional writer for another person)
Japanese
2 entries- ゴーストライター noun (professional writer for another person)
- 代作者 noun (professional writer for another person)
Korean
1 entries- 대작자 noun (professional writer for another person)
Malay
1 entries- penulis siluman noun (professional writer for another person)
Polish
2 entries- ghostwriter noun (professional writer for another person)
- murzyn noun (professional writer for another person)
Portuguese
1 entries- ghostwriter noun (professional writer for another person)
Romanian
2 entries- negru literar noun (professional writer for another person)
- scriitor fantomă noun (professional writer for another person)
Russian
3 entries- гостра́йтер noun (professional writer for another person)
- литерату́рный негр noun (professional writer for another person)
- негр noun (professional writer for another person)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- pisac iz sjene noun (professional writer for another person)
Spanish
2 entries- escritor fantasma noun (professional writer for another person)
- negro noun (professional writer for another person)
Swedish
1 entries- spökskrivare noun (professional writer for another person)
Turkish
1 entries- gölge yazar noun (professional writer for another person)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Although the book cover officially credited Tom as the memoir's author, his paid ghostwriter came to regret portraying the subject of his book in a flattering light.
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His book's onetime ghostwriter now offers a withering critique: "Tom has the attention span and the knowledge base of a hyperactive nine-year-old."
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A ghostwriter is an author who writes for someone that, in practice, only supplies his signature.
Source: tatoeba (5344330)
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