Meanings
nouninterviewer (plural interviewers)
plural interviewers
- One who interviews.
“I don't consider myself a nebbish,” Woody told interviewers early in his career, “but everyone else does.”
2001, Foster Hirsh, quoting Woody Allen, Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen1 more example
"I am glad to know you preserve that old signal box at the top of the incline. Is it not the oldest in Scotland?" an interviewer asks John Conacher, General Manager of the North British Railway, in 1898.
2021 November 3, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Boxes with functions across the centuries”, in RAIL, number 943, page 54
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Old Frenchentre-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*widēō
- Latinvideō
- Old Frenchveoir
- Old Frenchentreveoir
- Old Frenchentreveue
- Englishinterview
- Englishinterviewer
Translations
Catalan entrevistador
- entrevistadorone who interviews
Chinese Mandarin 訪問者 /访问者
- 訪問者 /访问者 (fǎngwènzhě)one who interviews
Dutch interviewer, interviewster
- interviewerone who interviews
- interviewsterone who interviews
Esperanto intervjuisto
- intervjuistoone who interviews
Finnish haastattelija
- haastattelijaone who interviews
French intervieweur, intervieweuse
- intervieweurone who interviews
- intervieweuseone who interviews
German Befrager, Befragerin
- Befragerone who interviews
- Befragerinone who interviews
- Interviewerone who interviews
- Interviewerinone who interviews
Icelandic spyrill, spyrjandi
- spyrillone who interviews
- spyrjandione who interviews
Italian intervistatore, intervistatrice
- intervistatoreone who interviews
- intervistatriceone who interviews
Japanese インタビュアー, 会見者
- インタビュアー (intabyuā)one who interviews
- 会見者 (kakkensha)one who interviews
Korean 면접관
- 면접관 (myeonjeopgwan)one who interviews
Malay penemu duga
- penemu dugaone who interviews
Māori kaipatapatai, kaiuiui
- kaipatapataione who interviews
- kaiuiuione who interviews
Polish przeprowadzający wywiad, przeprowadzająca wywiad
- przeprowadzający wywiadone who interviews
- przeprowadzająca wywiadone who interviews
Portuguese entrevistador, entrevistadora
- entrevistadorone who interviews
- entrevistadoraone who interviews
Russian интервью́ер, опра́шивающий
- интервью́ер (intɛrvʹjújer)one who interviews
- опра́шивающий (oprášivajuščij)one who interviews
Spanish entrevistador, entrevistadora
- entrevistadorone who interviews
- entrevistadoraone who interviews
Turkish röportajcı
- röportajcıone who interviews
Ukrainian інтерв'юе́р, інтерв'юе́рка
- інтерв'юе́р (intervʺjuér)one who interviews
- інтерв'юе́рка (intervʺjuérka)one who interviews
- інтерв'ює́р (intervʺjujér)one who interviews
- інтерв'ює́рка (intervʺjujérka)one who interviews
Welsh cyfwelydd
- cyfwelyddone who interviews
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
interviewer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interviewer
MLA
“interviewer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interviewer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interviewer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interviewer.
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