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reader Synonyms & Antonyms

/ˈɹi.dɚ/

What Is Another Word for Reader?

Instead of reader you can say reading notice depending on the context.

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Reader as a Noun

1

A person who reads.

an early reader, a talented reader

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2

A person who reads a publication.

10,000 weekly readers

3

A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.

4

A proofreader.

5

A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.

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6

A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.

7

A university lecturer ranking below a professor.

8

Any device that reads something.

a card reader, a microfilm reader

9

A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.

10

An elementary textbook for those learning to read, in a native language or a foreign language.

Appletons’ School Readers

11

A literary anthology.

12

A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.

13

A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.

14

Reading glasses.

15

Marked playing cards used by cheaters.

16

A wallet or pocketbook.

17

At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.

18

An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.

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19

(in the plural) Reading glasses.

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20

(in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheats.

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Reader in a Sentence

an early reader, a talented reader

10,000 weekly readers

a card reader, a microfilm reader

Appletons’ School Readers

Word Forms & Grammar

reader (plural readers)

Words That Rhyme With Reader

Origin of Reader

From Middle English reder, redar, redere, redare, from Old English rēdere, rǣdere (“a reader; scholar; diviner”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādāri, equivalent to read +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Räider (“advisor”), Dutch rader (“advisor”), German Rater (“advisor”).

Quick Facts About Reader

Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈɹi.dɚ/
Syllables2
MeaningA person who reads
Synonymsreading notice
Pluralreaders

Reader Pronunciation

You say reader as /ˈɹi.dɚ/. It has 2 syllables, with the main stress on the first syllable (ɹi).

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