correspondent
1. [ noun ] someone who communicates by means of letters
Synonyms: letter_writer
Related terms: communicator pen_pal correspond
2. [ noun ] (writing,news) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
Synonyms: newspaperman pressman newswriter newspaperwoman
Related terms: journalist war_correspondent foreign_correspondent
3. [ adjective ] similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
Synonyms: analogous
Examples:

"brains and computers are often considered analogous" "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat"

Related terms: similar
Similar spelling:   corespondent
  co-respondent
  correspond
  correspondence
  corresponding
  correspondingly