reader
A person who reads.
Noun 4 meanings
A person who reads.
“an early reader, a talented reader”
A person who reads a publication.
“10,000 weekly readers”
A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
A proofreader.
Etymology
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”).
Similar and opposite words
READER at a glance
READER has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,965 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with reader
All rhymes- UNDER6
- ORDER6
- CONSIDER11
- LEADER7
- WONDER10
- OLDER6
- MURDER9
- BORDER9
- GENDER8
- HARDER10
- COMMANDER16
- SHOULDER12
One letter away
- LEADER7
- HEADER10
- RENDER7
- REAPER8
- REDDER8
- REEDER7
- REAVER9
- DEADER8
- REAMER8
- REALER6
- BEADER9
- REARER6
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