Meanings
weatherman1
plural weathermen · alternative weather man
- A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts.
“Cool and brisk in the morning, warming to the low seventies by afternoon,” Ruby said anticipating the weatherman's words.
2014, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, Kensington Books, page [245]1 more example
We were watching the weather that night. The weather man couldn't even fathom what was about to be the worst flooding that we had ever experienced in our area.
2012, Derra Byrd, 2 Losses 1 Divine Gift, Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press, page 11
Weatherman2
plural Weathermen
- UShistoricalA member of the Weather Underground.
1 more example
On the Clinton conference call this morning, Howard Wolfson—under rather aggressive questioning from Mother Jones' David Corn—said he didn't know how Hillary felt about her husbands pardons of two former Weathermen. But he drew a distinction by pointing out that no Weathermen ever held fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.
2008 April 18, Matthew Yglesias, “Knowing Which Way The Wind Blows”, in The Atlantic
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
weatherman · noun
- Englishweather
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishweatherman
Weatherman · noun
From the line you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian синоптик
- синоптик (sinoptik)weather forecaster
Catalan presentador del temps, presentadora del temps
- presentador del tempsweather forecaster
- presentadora del tempsweather forecaster
Dutch weerman, weerpresentator
- weermanweather forecaster
- weerpresentatorweather forecaster
Finnish säätiedottaja
- säätiedottajaweather forecaster
French météorologue
- météorologueweather forecaster
German Wetteransager, Wetterfrosch
- Wetteransagerweather forecaster
- Wetterfroschweather forecaster
- Meteorologeweather forecaster
Italian meteorologo
- meteorologoweather forecaster
Japanese 天気予報係
- 天気予報係 (tenki yohō-gakari)weather forecaster
Lithuanian orų pranešėjas, orų pranešėja
- orų pranešėjasweather forecaster
- orų pranešėjaweather forecaster
Polish meteorolog
- meteorologweather forecaster
Romanian meteorolog, meteorologist
- meteorologweather forecaster
- meteorologistweather forecaster
Spanish meteorólogo
- meteorólogoweather forecaster
Swedish meteorolog
- meteorologweather forecaster
Cite this entry
weatherman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weatherman
“weatherman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weatherman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weatherman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weatherman.
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