Definitions

stringer

[string-er] / ˈstrɪŋ ər /

NOUN

beam

Synonyms

STRONGEST

girder joist piling pillar plank pole shaft sill timber

STRONG

axle balk bolster boom brace cantilever column crossbar crosspiece jamb lintel pile post prop rafter scantling spar stanchion stay strip strut stud two-by-four

NOUN

correspondent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contributor journalist reporter writer

STRONG

freelancer gazetteer

WEAK

epistler epistolarian letter writer pen pal

NOUN

foreign correspondent

Synonyms

WEAK

correspondent special correspondent war correspondent

NOUN

journalist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadcaster columnist commentator correspondent editor press reporter writer

STRONG

announcer contributor cub hack newsperson publicist scribe scrivener

WEAK

media person newspaper person pencil pusher television commentator

NOUN

newsman/newswoman

Synonyms

WEAK

anchor anchor man/woman anchor person announcer columnist copy editor correspondent cub editor foreign correspondent ink slinger interviewer investigative reporter journalist legman/woman newscaster newshound newspaperman/woman newswriter pressman/woman war correspondent writer

NOUN

rafter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beam

STRONG

axle balk bolster boom brace cantilever column crossbar crosspiece girder jamb joist lintel pile piling pillar plank pole post prop scantling shaft sill spar stanchion stay strip strut stud timber two-by-four

NOUN

reporter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

columnist correspondent editor interviewer journalist writer

STRONG

anchor anchorperson announcer cub newscaster newsperson newswriter scribe scrivener

WEAK

ink slinger legperson newshound press person

NOUN

writer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

author biographer columnist correspondent critic dramatist editor essayist journalist novelist poet reporter screenwriter

STRONG

contributor freelancer ghostwriter scribbler scribe stenographer wordsmith

WEAK

newspaper person person of letters scripter

Antonyms

WEAK

reader

Example Sentences

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Needham analyst Joseph Stringer recently described these programs as Moderna’s “major future value drivers.”

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

It took me a while to make it, but after stops at Penguin, Hollywood Pictures and AOL, Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, called to offer me the job of running Sony Studios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

However, Graham Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Middleton South in Greater Manchester, said Burnham was "entitled to be ambitious but this isn't the right opportunity".

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

But then came the plot twist: Stringer struck gold again.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

I could hear him talking to Jay Stringer in the back of the room, near Main Street.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

stringer

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