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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/
translation icon : 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.