Meanings
nounnews anchor (plural news anchors)
plural news anchors
- CanadaUSA presenter of news broadcasts.
Synonyms: anchorman, anchorperson, anchorwoman, newscaster, newsreader
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA presenter of news broadcasts.
Also see
Origin
For the meaning see anchorman.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 新聞播音員 /新闻播音员
- 新聞播音員 /新闻播音员 (xīnwén bōyīnyuán)presenter of news broadcasts
Czech hlasatel
- hlasatelpresenter of news broadcasts
Dutch nieuwslezer
- nieuwslezerpresenter of news broadcasts
Finnish uutistenlukija, uutisankkuri
- uutistenlukijapresenter of news broadcasts
- uutisankkuripresenter of news broadcasts
French présentateur de nouvelles, chef d'antenne
- présentateur de nouvellespresenter of news broadcasts
- chef d'antennepresenter of news broadcasts
Hungarian bemondó
- bemondópresenter of news broadcasts
Indonesian pembaca berita, penyauh berita
- pembaca beritapresenter of news broadcasts
- penyauh beritapresenter of news broadcasts
Norwegian Bokmål nyhetsanker
- nyhetsankerpresenter of news broadcasts
Polish prezenter, prezenterka
- prezenterpresenter of news broadcasts
- prezenterkapresenter of news broadcasts
- prowadzącypresenter of news broadcasts
- prowadzącapresenter of news broadcasts
Portuguese âncora de notícias
- âncora de notíciaspresenter of news broadcasts
Russian телеведу́щий
- телеведу́щий (televedúščij)presenter of news broadcasts
Spanish (presentador/lector/locutor/conductor) noticiero
- (presentador/lector/locutor/conductor) noticieropresenter of news broadcasts
Swedish nyhetsankare, nyhetsuppläsare
- nyhetsankarepresenter of news broadcasts
- nyhetsuppläsarepresenter of news broadcasts
Cite this entry
APA
news anchor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20anchor
MLA
“news anchor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20anchor. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “news anchor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20anchor.
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