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correspondent

/ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/noun, adjective4 syllables

Correspondent means: similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar.

Synonyms for correspondent7

noun, as in someone who communicates by means of letters

letter writer

noun, as in a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

newswriter

adjective, as in similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

also used for correspondent

equivalent, indistinguishable, tantamount

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What does correspondent mean?3

adjective

1

similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar“brains and computers are often considered analogous”

noun

1

someone who communicates by means of letters

2

a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with correspondent?1

three syllables

respondent
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Correspondent in a sentence

  • Martha feels she has married a war correspondent, not a journalist.Amastan
  • A correspondent must soon adjust himself to life abroad.CM
  • The newspaper recalled the special correspondent to the main office in Tokyo.unknown
  • He spent four years a correspondent in Algeria.Amastan
  • Oleg introduced himself to Rima as a news correspondent.Amastan
  • He was sent abroad as a correspondent.CK
  • The correspondent filed a report from Moscow.CK
  • Yanni is our correspondent in Algeria.Amastan

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Forms of correspondent

as a noun

plural
correspondents