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readers

NOUN

person who reads

Synonyms

STRONG

anthology bookworm editor elocutionist lector lecturer primer proofreader reciter scholar

WEAK

peruser

NOUN

one who reads habitually

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bibliophile bookworm editor proofreader

WEAK

bibliomaniac book reviewer literary critic

NOUN

one who makes a profession of reading aloud

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STRONG

announcer elocutionist lector lecturer monologist reciter rhetorician

WEAK

soliloquist

NOUN

anyone admitted to a library

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STRONG

browser scholar student user

WEAK

library patron research worker

Example Sentences

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Many of Swann’s readers admit a similar skepticism until they cracked her book’s spine and discovered they couldn’t put it down.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

According to researchers from Trinity's School of English, this suggests that early medieval readers placed significant value on Old English poetry.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

In Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s 1965 novel for young readers, a 12-year-old girl finds an enchanting refuge in a forbidding mansion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Amari also thought City would win 3-0 and collected 40 points while Genesis, the BBC readers and AI all picked up 10 points after going for the same outcome but a 3-1 scoreline.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

What did matter, indeed struck most readers as the only thing that truly mattered, was that George Washington was retiring.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis