Home › Words › Q › quoteequoteequotee means somebody whose words are being quoted.EtymologyFrom quote + -ee.nounSomebody whose words are being quoted.e.g.“Or it can summarize the inner thoughts of either the quoter or the quotee (“She’s like, yeah, as if I’d be caught dead in them!” — 2007 July 15, Patricia T. O’Conner, “Like”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.quoting 74% match — A quoted statement; a quote. vs quotee →quotemaster 69% match — An expert in quotations. vs quotee →quoteworthy 66% match — Worthy of being quoted; quotable. vs quotee →misquoter 66% match — One who misquotes. vs quotee →quotebook 65% match — A book of quotations. vs quotee →bequote 64% match — To quote frequently or much. vs quotee →quotatious 63% match — tending to use quotations vs quotee →cite 61% match — To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. vs quotee →