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Definitions

freelancer

[free-lan-ser] / ˈfriˌlæn sər /
NOUN
consultant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advisor expert specialist veteran
STRONG
authority counsel guide master maven mentor pro
NOUN
correspondent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contributor journalist reporter writer
STRONG
gazetteer stringer
WEAK
epistler epistolarian letter writer pen pal
NOUN
writer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
author biographer columnist correspondent critic dramatist editor essayist journalist novelist poet reporter screenwriter
STRONG
contributor ghostwriter scribbler scribe stenographer stringer wordsmith
WEAK
newspaper person person of letters scripter
Antonyms
WEAK
reader

Example Sentences

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Barcelo has been doing visual effects for 26 years, mostly as a freelancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"So when you download software, when an SME uses the cloud, when a freelancer sells a design service abroad, there are no taxes at the border," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

A freelancer based in Tawila gathered interviews for the BBC.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

The reporting won him the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, making him the first freelancer ever to win in that category.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

I forget the year it was launched and if I was still a freelancer at the Free Press Journal or on its staff.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.