Reworder

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or tool that rephrases text to convey the same meaning using different words
2. Someone who modifies language to improve clarity or to avoid plagiarism in writing
3. An individual or mechanism that transforms an original expression into alternative wording while preserving its original intent

Etymology: "Reworder" is about as transparent as English word-building gets: it is "reword" with the agentive suffix "-er" attached, so it names whatever does the rewording. The suffix is the familiar one found in "baker" or "teacher", meaning a person or thing that performs an action, and it has been attached to verbs for centuries to make such agent nouns. The base verb, "reword", is itself a compound of "re-", meaning "again" or "anew", and "word", so to reword is to express something again in fresh wording. Put together, the two parts describe exactly the job the term names: a person or tool that takes a text and restates its meaning in different words. Because both elements are native English, the term is a plain, self-explanatory formation rather than a borrowing.

Synonyms: paraphraser, restater, rewriter, rephraser, editor