copy editor

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   an editor who prepares text for publication

   Synonymscopyreadertext editor

   Broadereditor

Questions about copy editor

What does copy editor mean?

copy editor means "an editor who prepares text for publication".

What is another word for copy editor?

Close synonyms include copyreader, text editor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is copy editor a common word?

copy editor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.