correspondent

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: cor=re=spond=ent

CIDE DICTIONARY

correspondent, a. [Cf. F. correspondant.].

 Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.  [1913 Webster]
"Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law."  [1913 Webster]
"As fast the correspondent passions rise."  [1913 Webster]
"I will be correspondent to command."  [1913 Webster]

correspondent, n. 

•  One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.  Macaulay.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

correspondent, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a person who writes letters to a person or a newspaper, esp. regularly.
2 a person employed to contribute material for publication in a periodical or for broadcasting (our chess correspondent; the BBC's Moscow correspondent).
3 a person or firm having regular business relations with another, esp. in another country.
--adj. (often foll. by to, with) archaic corresponding.

Derivative

correspondently adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF correspondant or med.L (as CORRESPOND)

THESAURUS

correspondent

accordant, accused, addressee, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, all one, all the same, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogous, analogue, answerable, answering, associate, at one, automatic, balanced, brother, city editor, close copy, close match, coequal, coexistent, coexisting, coextensive, cognate, coherent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, columnist, commensurate, communicator, companion, comparable, compatible, complement, complemental, complementary, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenator, congener, congenial, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, convertible, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, copy chief, copy editor, copyman, copyreader, correlate, correlative, corresponding, coterminous, counterpart, cub reporter, defendant, diaskeuast, duplicate, each other, editor, editorial writer, en rapport, equable, equal, equiparant, equipollent, equivalent, even, feature editor, fellow, flat, foreign correspondent, gazetteer, harmonious, homogeneous, homologous, identical, image, immutable, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, interviewer, invariable, journalist, kindred spirit, leader writer, leg man, letter writer, level, libelee, like, like-minded, likeness, managing editor, match, matching, mate, measured, mechanical, methodic, monolithic, much the same, near duplicate, news editor, newsman, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, obverse, of a kind, of a piece, of a size, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, one another, ordered, orderly, own correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, parallel, paralleling, pen pal, pendant, persistent, picture, positive, pressman, prisoner, proportionate, publicist, reader, reciprocal, reciprocatist, reciprocative, reciprocator, reconcilable, regular, reporter, respondent, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, robotlike, second self, self-consistent, similitude, simulacrum, sister, slotman, smooth, sob sister, soul mate, special correspondent, sports editor, stable, steadfast, steady, stringer, subeditor, such, suchlike, suspect, symbiotic, synchronized, synchronous, synonymous, systematic, tally, tantamount, the like of, the likes of, twin, unanimous, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, unruffled, unvaried, unvarying, war correspondent, writer

ROGET THESAURUS

correspondent

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

News

N news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.