coauthor noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An author who collaborates with another to write something.In a 2022 paper, Dr. Baumert and his coauthors pointed out that the algorithms companies use to determine these scores are often proprietary and not scientifically vetted. — 2023 verb1 •To write something in collaboration with another author. formscoauthored · coauthoring · coauthors