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reviewer

reviewer

118 3.1
A person who reads and checks the quality of a paper, proposal, or code
  • noun
  • /rɪˈvjuːər/
: revisor
  • The peer reviewer examined the research proposal thoroughly before recommending it for funding.
  • anonymous reviewers
  • comments from reviewers
  • peer reviewers

And the reviewer said the paper is wrong.

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Examples

  • The authors are grateful to the reviewers for comments that helped improve the presentation of the material.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The author is grateful to the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And the reviewer said the paper is wrong.

  • So your idea is that the reviewer should see the data.

  • And I was in fact the reviewer for his only novel.

  • A New York Times reviewer once said that I was the most natural young actor he'd seen in years.

  • Copies of books chosen for review are given to reviewers and cannot be returned.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The reviewer, John Murray, from Songwriter magazine, he's a friend of mine.

  • The author of four books, she is also a poet, reviewer, and award-winning essayist.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The authors extend their appreciation to the anonymous reviewers for their feedback on a draft of this article.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

critic
vsreviewer
314 3.2

A person who gives opinions about art, books, films, or music, often as a job

applies to many practical materials, not primarily opinions about art
reader
vsreviewer
98 3.7

A person who looks at manuscripts to decide if they should be published

evaluates both written and non written items beyond reading tasks
examiner
vsreviewer
83 3.4

A person who carefully looks at things to find information

evaluates overall quality or suitability rather than only inspecting details
checker
vsreviewer
34 3.0

A person or machine that finds mistakes in facts, writing and products

also judges overall suitability and quality, not only correctness
referee
vsreviewer
8 5.2

A person who reads and judges a paper before it is published

is more general, used for evaluating diverse materials like manuscripts or code
evaluator
vsreviewer
7 4.3

A person who judges how good or useful something is

focuses on checking suitability or correctness for a task
rater
vsreviewer
4 4.6

A person who gives scores to work like tests or essays

judges quality more broadly, not only by giving numeric scores
assessor
vsreviewer
3 4.3

A person who judges how good or valuable something is

focuses on checking quality or suitability for a specific use
validator
vsreviewer
1 4.4

A person or tool that checks if information meets required rules

evaluates suitability and broader quality beyond simple validation

How Expert

authority
292 4.2
expert
∞ 3.2
reviewer
118 3.1
critic
314 3.2
reader
95 1.0

Surface Forms

reviewer singular
reviewers plural

Morphology

reviewer = review (transparent) = review + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'review' yields 'a person who reviews', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word reviewer comes from review, made of re- ('again') and view ('to see'). So a reviewer is someone who 'looks again' at a paper or code to check its quality.