copy-writer
Definition
- Noun:
- A professional writer of advertising or promotional text: A "copy-writer" is someone whose job is to write the words (copy) used in advertisements, brochures, websites, and other marketing materials to persuade or inform an audience.
Usage Examples
- (A writer created a memorable phrase for an advertisement.)
- (She is employed to write promotional content online.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be a copy-writer": to hold the occupation of writing persuasive text for commercial purposes.
- After studying marketing, he became a copy-writer for a major brand. (He took a job creating advertising text.)
Variants and Related Words
Copywriting (n): the activity or profession of writing advertising copy.
- Copywriting requires both creativity and an understanding of consumer psychology. (The act of writing promotional text.)
Copywriter (n): an alternative spelling of "copy-writer" (often written as one word without a hyphen).
- The company hired a freelance copywriter for their campaign. (A professional writer for hire.)
Synonyms
- Ad writer: a writer who specializes in creating advertisements.
- Marketing writer: a professional who produces text for promotional materials.
Related Idioms
- Write the copy: to produce the text for an advertisement or publication.
- The designer created the layout, and the copy-writer wrote the copy. (The writer supplied the words.)