An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.
Source: tatoeba (1902)
Reader
//ˈɹidɚ//
Synonyms for "reader" (200 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
copy chiefcopy editorcopyholdercopymancopyreadercorrespondentcub reporterdeacondeaconessdiaconusdiaskeuastdigital graph plotterdiscourserdiseurdiseusedoorkeepereditoreditorial writerelderelderman
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elocutionerelocutionistemeritusexercise bookexorcistexorcistaexpositorexpoundereyeglasseyepiecefeature editorflexowriter typewriterforeign correspondentgazetteerglassgradusgrammarhand lenshard copyholy ordershomilisthornbookimprovisatorimprovvisatoreinstructorinterviewerjournalistlay elderlay readerleader writerlecturerleg manlensmagnetic recordermagnetic tapemagnifiermagnifying glass
Noun(3 words)
Related words (100)
major ordersmanaging editormanualmanual of instructionmeniscusmicrocardsmicrofichemicrofilmminor ordersnews editornewsmannewspapermannewspaperwomannewswriterobject glassobjectiveobjective prismocularoscillograph recorderoscilloscope
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ostiariusown correspondentparagrapherparagraphistparish clerkpraelectorpreacherprecentorpresbyterpressmanpriestprimerprintoutprismprofessorprofessor emerituspublicistpulpitarianpulpiteerpunch cardspunched tapereading glassreadoutrecitationistreciterrecorderrelay registerreporterretired professorreviewerreviserrewrite manrewriterruling eldersacristsacristanschoolbooksermonersermonistsermonizersextonshamessidesmanslotmansob sisterspecial correspondentspellerspelling booksports editorsubdeaconsubdiaconussubeditorsubscribersuccentorsuissettape readerteaching eldertelephoto lensteleplotterteletypewritertexttextbookthurifertoric lenstutorvarifocal lensvergervergeressvisiting professorwar correspondentworkbookzoom lens
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
12 entriesderived
47 entriesShowing 16 of 47 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
5 entriesnot desires
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
240 translations across 94 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- lexues noun (person who reads a publication)
- lexuese noun (person who reads a publication)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀναγνώστης noun (person who reads a publication)
- ἀναγνώστης noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
Arabic
4 entries- قَارِئ noun (person who reads a publication)
- قَارِئ noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
- قَارِئ noun (person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits)
- قَارِئ noun (any device that reads something)
Armenian
1 entries- ընթերցող noun (person who reads a publication)
Asturian
2 entries- llector noun (person who reads a publication)
- llectora noun (person who reads a publication)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- oxucu noun (person who reads a publication)
Bashkir
1 entries- уҡыусы noun (person who reads a publication)
Basque
1 entries- irakurle noun (person who reads a publication)
Belarusian
4 entries- буква́р noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- леманта́р noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- хрэстама́тыя noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- чыта́льнік noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
Bengali
1 entries- পাঠক noun (person who reads a publication)
Breton
1 entries- lenner noun (person who reads a publication)
Bulgarian
4 entries- буква́р noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- коре́ктор noun (person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits)
- христома́тия noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- чете́ц noun (person who reads a publication)
Burmese
2 entries- ဖတ်စာ noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- ဖတ်သူ noun (person who reads a publication)
Catalan
1 entries- lector noun (person who reads a publication)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خوێنەر noun (person who reads a publication)
Chinese
1 entries- нянҗя noun (person who reads a publication)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 讀本 /读本 noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- 讀者 /读者 noun (person who reads a publication)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 文選 /文选 noun (a literary anthology)
- 讀本 /读本 noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- 讀者 /读者 noun (person who reads a publication)
Czech
4 entries- korektor noun (person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits)
- lektor noun (person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits)
- předčítač noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
- čtenář noun (person who reads a publication)
Danish
2 entries- læser noun (person who reads a publication)
- læserinde noun (person who reads a publication)
Dari
2 entries- خوَانَنْدَه noun (person who reads a publication)
- قَارِی noun (person who reads a publication)
Dutch
2 entries- lezer noun (person who reads a publication)
- lezeres noun (person who reads a publication)
Esperanto
2 entries- leganto noun (person who reads a publication)
- legilo noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
Estonian
1 entries- lugeja noun (person who reads a publication)
Faroese
1 entries- lesari noun (person who reads a publication)
Finnish
2 entries- aapinen noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- lukija noun (person who reads a publication)
French
2 entries- lecteur noun (person who reads a publication)
- lectrice noun (person who reads a publication)
Galician
4 entries- lector noun (person who reads a publication)
- lector noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
- lector noun (any device that reads something)
- lectora noun (person who reads a publication)
Georgian
1 entries- მკითხველი noun (person who reads a publication)
German
4 entries- Anthologie noun (a literary anthology)
- Blütenlese noun (a literary anthology)
- Lektor noun (person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits)
- Lesebuch noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
Greek
2 entries- αναγνώστης noun (person who reads a publication)
- αναγνώστρια noun (person who reads a publication)
Gujarati
1 entries- વાંચનાર noun (person who reads a publication)
Hebrew
1 entries- קוֹרֵא noun (person who reads a publication)
Hindi
3 entries- पाठक noun (person who reads a publication)
- पाठिका noun (person who reads a publication)
- रीडर noun (person who reads a publication)
Hungarian
4 entries- antológia noun (a literary anthology)
- felolvasó noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
- lektor noun (person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits)
- leolvasó noun (any device that reads something)
Icelandic
1 entries- lesandi noun (person who reads a publication)
Indonesian
3 entries- alat baca noun (any device that reads something)
- pembaca noun (person who reads a publication)
- pembaca noun (any device that reads something)
Ingrian
1 entries- lukija noun (person who reads a publication)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- خوانَنْدِه noun (person who reads a publication)
- قاری noun (person who reads a publication)
Irish
1 entries- léitheoir noun (person who reads a publication)
Italian
2 entries- lettore noun (person who reads a publication)
- lettrice noun (person who reads a publication)
Japanese
3 entries- リーダー noun (person who reads a publication)
- 読本 noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- 読者 noun (person who reads a publication)
Kalmyk
1 entries- умшач noun (person who reads a publication)
Kazakh
2 entries- оқушы noun (person who reads a publication)
- оқырман noun (person who reads a publication)
Khmer
1 entries- អ្នកអាន noun (person who reads a publication)
Korean
4 entries- 독본 noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- 독자 noun (person who reads a publication)
- 리더 noun (person who reads a publication)
- 리더 noun (any device that reads something)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- окурман noun (person who reads a publication)
- окуучу noun (person who reads a publication)
Lao
1 entries- ຜູ້ອ່ານ noun (person who reads a publication)
Latin
4 entries- lector noun (person who reads a publication)
- lector noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
- lectrix noun (person who reads a publication)
- lectrix noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
Latvian
4 entries- hrestomātija noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- lasāmgrāmata noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- lasītāja noun (person who reads a publication)
- lasītājs noun (person who reads a publication)
Lithuanian
2 entries- skaitytoja noun (person who reads a publication)
- skaitytojas noun (person who reads a publication)
Low German
4 entries- Leser noun (person who reads a publication)
- Leserin noun (person who reads a publication)
- Lesersch noun (person who reads a publication)
- Lesersche noun (person who reads a publication)
Macedonian
4 entries- практикум noun (a book of exercises to accompany a textbook)
- читанка noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- читател noun (person who reads a publication)
- читателка noun (person who reads a publication)
Malay
1 entries- pembaca noun (person who reads a publication)
Marathi
3 entries- वाचक noun (person who reads a publication)
- वाचणारा noun (person who reads a publication)
- वाचणारी noun (person who reads a publication)
Mongolian
2 entries- уншигч noun (person who reads a publication)
- ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠭᠴᠢ noun (person who reads a publication)
Māori
1 entries- pūpānui noun (any device that reads something)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xwendevan noun (person who reads a publication)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- leser noun (person who reads a publication)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lesar noun (person who reads a publication)
Occitan
2 entries- legeira noun (person who reads a publication)
- legeire noun (person who reads a publication)
Papiamentu
1 entries- lesadó noun (person who reads a publication)
Pashto
2 entries- قاري noun (person who reads a publication)
- لوستونکى noun (person who reads a publication)
Persian
1 entries- خْوَانَنْدَه noun (person who reads a publication)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Läsa noun (person who reads a publication)
- Läsbuak noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
Polish
3 entries- czytelniczka noun (person who reads a publication)
- czytelnik noun (person who reads a publication)
- czytnik noun (any device that reads something)
Portuguese
4 entries- antologia noun (a literary anthology)
- leitor noun (person who reads a publication)
- leitor noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
- leitor noun (any device that reads something)
Romanian
2 entries- cititoare noun (person who reads a publication)
- cititor noun (person who reads a publication)
Russian
4 entries- антоло́гия noun (a literary anthology)
- буква́рь noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- кни́га для чте́ния noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- реда́ктор noun (person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leughadair noun (person who reads a publication)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- čitatèljica noun (person who reads a publication)
- čìtalac noun (person who reads a publication)
- čìtatelj noun (person who reads a publication)
- čìtāč noun (any device that reads something)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- lookki noun (person who reads a publication)
Slovak
2 entries- čitateľ noun (person who reads a publication)
- čitateľka noun (person who reads a publication)
Slovene
2 entries- bralec noun (person who reads a publication)
- bralka noun (person who reads a publication)
Spanish
4 entries- lector noun (person who reads a publication)
- lector noun (person who recites literary works, usually to an audience)
- lector noun (any device that reads something)
- lectora noun (person who reads a publication)
Swahili
1 entries- msomaji noun (person who reads a publication)
Swedish
2 entries- läsare noun (person who reads a publication)
- läsarinna noun (person who reads a publication)
Tagalog
2 entries- basahan noun (person who reads a publication)
- mambabasa noun (person who reads a publication)
Tajik
2 entries- хонанда noun (person who reads a publication)
- қорӣ noun (person who reads a publication)
Tatar
2 entries- кари noun (person who reads a publication)
- укучы noun (person who reads a publication)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้อ่าน noun (person who reads a publication)
Turkish
1 entries- okuyucu noun (person who reads a publication)
Turkmen
1 entries- okyjy noun (person who reads a publication)
Tuvan
1 entries- номчукчу noun (person who reads a publication)
Ukrainian
4 entries- буква́р noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- хрестома́тія noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- чита́ч noun (person who reads a publication)
- чита́чка noun (person who reads a publication)
Urdu
2 entries- رِیڈَر noun (person who reads a publication)
- قاری noun (person who reads a publication)
Uyghur
4 entries- ئوقۇرمەن noun (person who reads a publication)
- ئوقۇغۇچى noun (person who reads a publication)
- خرېستوماتىيە noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
- كىتابخان noun (person who reads a publication)
Uzbek
2 entries- kitobxon noun (person who reads a publication)
- oʻquvchi noun (person who reads a publication)
Vietnamese
1 entries- độc bản noun (an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages)
Welsh
1 entries- darllenydd noun (person who reads a publication)
West-Frisian
1 entries- lêzer noun (person who reads a publication)
Yakut
1 entries- ааҕааччы noun (person who reads a publication)
Yiddish
4 entries- לייענער noun (person who reads a publication)
- לייענערין noun (person who reads a publication)
- לעזער noun (person who reads a publication)
- לעזערין noun (person who reads a publication)
Yola
1 entries- readeare noun (person who reads a publication)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
A careful reader would have noticed the mistake.
Source: tatoeba (30382)
This poem calls for great insight from the reader.
Source: tatoeba (59044)
Many a reader skips the words that he doesn't know.
Source: tatoeba (264768)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.