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Redactor

One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.

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Narrower term 2

Abbreviator 76% connected

One who abbreviates or shortens.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Abridger 76% connected

One who abridges.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 1

Editor 76% connected

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 2

Redact 74% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Redact 74% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 2

Redact 92% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Reviser 92% connected

One who revises.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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