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reader

679 1.0
A person who enjoys looking at books and magazines for pleasure
  • noun
  • /ˈriːdər/
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  • an avid reader
  • young readers
  • books for readers

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Examples

  • Write compelling content for your blog that readers will love.

  • School librarians know there is a book for every reader and a reader for every book.

    Academic text (2015)
  • But you, the reader, because you are the reader, are always alive.

  • Putting yourself in the position of the reader, I think, is key.

  • And she was one of the readers of my first book.

  • I really want to understand... and then all my readers could understand, too.

  • Text features stand out and are important for readers to look at and understand.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Actually, this is a matter that concerns a great many readers, as my mail shows.

    Academic text (2017)
  • I think we have an obligation to our readers to do something about this.

    Academic text (2017)
  • As an avid reader, she spends hours exploring different genres of literature.

Synonyms

bookworm
vsreader
14 3.2

A person who loves reading and spends a lot of time with books

enjoys regular reading but not necessarily spends excessive time
book lover
vsreader
3 1.4

A person who loves reading and collecting books

enjoys reading regularly but does not always collect books
bibliophile
vsreader
2 8.8

A person who loves books and collects them, often rare or old

enjoys reading regularly but not necessarily valuing rarity or quality
book-reader
vsreader
1 1.0

A person who regularly reads books for pleasure

enjoys reading regularly without implying special intensity
booklover
vsreader
1 2.5

A person who likes reading and collecting books

enjoys reading regularly but may not collect or hoard books
bibliomaniac
vsreader
1 8.9

A person who loves books and reads or collects many of them

enjoys reading regularly but without the extreme obsession or compulsion
avid book-reader
vsreader
3.2

A person who reads many books for pleasure

enjoys reading regularly but may read fewer or less intensely

Antonyms

7.8

A person who cannot read or reads very little

Compounds

16 6.3

A person who seems to know what other people are thinking, often using tricks or guessing

2 4.7

A person who understands what someone says by watching their lips

1 1.0

A person who regularly reads books for pleasure

1 3.6

An electronic device for reading digital books

lay reader
  • Jargon
1 8.6

A person chosen by a church leader to lead readings, prayers, and short talks

1 3.6

A person who reads maps well and finds places

map-reader
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A tool like an app that shows digital maps to help you find your way

mind reader
  • Texting
1 7.4

A computer program that predicts what a person wants or will do from their data

news reader
  • Literature
1 2.7

A person who reads the news on radio or television

news reader
  • Texting
1 3.4

An app that collects news from many sites and shows headlines or reads them aloud to users

A person who reads many books for pleasure

lip reader
  • Specialized
4.3

A program or device that looks at lip movements in video and turns them into text

A machine that reads information from paper tape with holes

9.8

A machine that reads information from paper tape with holes

9.5

A machine that looks at holes in a long paper strip to get computer instructions

tape reader
  • Archaic
8.6

A machine that gets data from long paper with holes used by old computers

A magician who seems to know what people think by using tricks

A person who claims to know what others are thinking

thought-reader
  • Specialized
9.9

A device that turns brain signals into spoken words or actions

How Avid

bookworm
14 3.2
reader
679 1.0
book-reader
1 1.0

Surface Forms

reader singular
readers plural

Morphology

reader = read (transparent) = read + er

The word 'reader' is transparently derived from 'read' with the agentive suffix '-er', indicating a person who reads.

Etymology

Reader comes from the old verb read, which means 'to look at written words'. So a reader who enjoys books is simply someone who reads for pleasure.