Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who reviews, especially one who writes reviews, as for a newspaper or magazine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who revises; a reviser.
- noun One who reviews or criticizes; especially, one who critically examines and passes judgment upon new publications; a writer of reviews.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who reviews or reëxamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who writes
critical reviews for anewspaper or other publication; acritic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- noun a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word reviewer.
Examples
-
Especially when one considers that the reviewer is also reviewing the press from which the book is published, and the precarious nature of getting published, it is easy to see that there might be a vested interest one way or another.
-
I think you're spot on with your assessment that the reviewer is a little bored.
Bend Over, Revise, and Resubmit Candid Engineer 2009
-
Similarly, a good, glowing and intelligent review can work in the same way, especially if the reviewer is able to show just why this particular book excited them so.
-
I think the reviewer is as disappointed with this episode as I was .. and that came through in his review.
The Tail Section » Easter Eggs for Episode 4.8 “Meet Kevin Johnson” 2008
-
When a reviewer is as considered and judicious as this, I have no problem with some sour mixed up with the sweet.
A Question of Agents ... karenmiller 2008
-
What I want in a reviewer is an enthusastic reader who can write those difficult-to-do 700-word readable reviews.
If anyone doubts ... Frank Wilson 2006
-
Generally, the reviewer is the first one to bring up the question of a star, but sometimes an editor will suggest it to the reviewer; in both cases, a list of star candidates for that issue of the Magazine is drawn up and ultimately decided at a meeting just before the issue goes to the printer.
Stars, they come and go . . . Roger Sutton 2005
-
The trust that builds between the reader and this kind of reviewer is based more on the idea that this person is like me.
MIND MELD: How Have Online Book Reviews Affected the Publishing World? 2007
-
A reviewer is not out there to make snarky comments because they can.
-
It seems to me that the reviewer is not writing about the book at all, but about his own need to appear “above all that.”
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.