paraphraser
Restates others' words
A paraphraser is someone or something that restates text in different words while preserving the original meaning.
The term applies to people who rework passages for clarity or to avoid plagiarism, and increasingly to software tools that automatically reword content: I ran the paragraph through a paraphraser before submitting.
One who redrafts text
- editorOne who revises text
- reviserOne who edits text
- translatorOne who renders between languages
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
ghostwriter · copywriter · summarizer · adapter · redactor · wordsmith · linguist · scribe
Rewording of something said
- reformulationExpressing something anew
- rewordingRestating in different terms
- recastingSelecting replacement performers
- rewriteRevise text substantially
translation · rendering · version · adaptation · transposition · conversion · variation · reconstruction
Making meaning plain
- explanationStatement making something clear
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
understandability · comprehensibility · intelligibility · lucidity · coherence · precision · conciseness · accessibility
Word meaning the same
- equivalentSame in value or function
- substituteReplacement for another
- alternateOccur in succession
- analogComparable equivalent
parallel · counterpart · corresponding · matching · interchangeable · substitution · replacement · stand-in
rewriter
One who redrafts text
- editorOne who revises text
- reviserOne who edits text
- translatorOne who renders between languages
interpreter · ghostwriter · copywriter · summarizer · adapter · redactor · wordsmith · linguist · scribe · transcriber
restatement
Rewording of something said
- reformulationExpressing something anew
- rewordingRestating in different terms
- recastingSelecting replacement performers
rewrite · translation · rendering · version · adaptation · transposition · conversion · variation · reconstruction · restating
clarification
Making meaning plain
- explanationStatement making something clear
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- simplificationMaking something less complex
plainness · understandability · comprehensibility · intelligibility · lucidity · coherence · precision · conciseness · accessibility · readability
synonym
Word meaning the same
- equivalentSame in value or function
- substituteReplacement for another
- alternateOccur in succession
analog · parallel · counterpart · corresponding · matching · interchangeable · substitution · replacement · stand-in · proxy
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
- text toolsfonts, typography, text editor, spell check, spell checker
- text workersghostwriter, translator, editor, copywriter, reviser
paraphrasertranscriber
One who records speech
literalist · copyist · reproducer · quoter · plagiarist
paraphraseroriginator
One who initiates
creator · inventor · primary source · composer · innovator