ghostwrite

ghostwrite
Synonyms and related words:
act for, author, change places with, coauthor, collaborate, compose, crowd out, cut out, dash off, displace, double for, editorialize, fill in for, formulate, free-lance, ghost, indite, knock off, knock out, novelize, pamphleteer, pinch-hit, prepare, produce, relieve, replace, represent, scenarize, spell, spell off, spook, stand in for, subrogate, substitute for, succeed, supersede, supplant, swap places with, throw on paper, understudy for, write

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  • ghostwrite — ghost write , ghost write ghost write v. t. To write (a book, article, speech, etc.) for someone else; the written material appears under the name of the person for whom it was written. Syn: ghost. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ghostwrite — verb a) To write under the name of another (especially literary works). Maria would rather not ghostwrite for a living because she finds it a thankless task. b) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another. The president has… …   Wiktionary

  • ghostwrite — ghostwriter ghost‧writ‧er [ˈgoʊstˌraɪtə ǁ ˈgoʊstˌraɪtər] noun [countable] JOBS someone who is paid to write a book, article, or speech for another person, who then says it is their own : • Her company in Washington has three ghostwriters on its… …   Financial and business terms

  • ghostwrite — UK [ˈɡəʊstˌraɪt] / US [ˈɡoʊstˌraɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms ghostwrite : present tense I/you/we/they ghostwrite he/she/it ghostwrites present participle ghostwriting past tense ghostwrote past participle ghostwritten to ghost …   English dictionary

  • ghostwrite — verb write for someone else How many books have you ghostwritten so far? • Syn: ↑ghost • Derivationally related forms: ↑ghostwriter, ↑ghost (for: ↑ghost) …   Useful english dictionary

  • ghostwrite — verb (ghostwrote; ghostwritten) Etymology: back formation from ghostwriter Date: 1927 intransitive verb to write for and in the name of another transitive verb to write (as a speech) for another who is the presumed author • ghostwriter noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ghostwrite — /gohst ruyt /, v.t., v.i., ghostwrote, ghostwritten, writing. to write as a ghost writer. [1925 30; back formation from GHOST WRITER] * * * …   Universalium

  • ghostwrite — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To write for and credit authorship to another: Informal: ghost. See WORDS …   English dictionary for students

  • ghostwrite — v. anonymously write (books, speeches, etc.) for and under the name of another author …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ghostwrite — /ˈgoʊstraɪt/ (say gohstruyt) verb (t) (ghostwrote, ghostwritten, ghostwriting) to act as a ghostwriter of (a text). {backformation from ghostwriter} …  

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