Meanings
plural newscasters
- broadcastingOne who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.
It is still considered embarrassing if people in authority like teachers or newscasters “shrub.”
2019 April 19, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, “Harro! I shrub because, really, I have no otherwise, do I?”, in The East African, archived from the original on 16 Apr 20232 more examples
Take Linda, a thirty-nine-year-old newscaster who relished her career but began to hear the alarm ringing on her biological clock.
1994, Rugh Winter, Bonnie Eaker-Weil, Adultery, the Forgivable SinYet, a few US newscasters will go on the air at 6 pm or later and say, "Moscow said tonight.["] ... A careful writer would make his script read, "Moscow said today. ..."
1997, Mervin Block, Writing Broadcast News: Shorter, Sharper, Stronger, →ISBN, page 154
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian говорител
- говорител (govoritel)one who delivers the news
Catalan presentador de notícies, presentadora de notícies
- presentador de notíciesone who delivers the news
- presentadora de notíciesone who delivers the news
Chinese Mandarin 新聞主播 /新闻主播
- 新聞主播 /新闻主播 (xīnwénzhǔbō)one who delivers the news
Estonian diktor
- diktorone who delivers the news
Finnish uutistenlukija
- uutistenlukijaone who delivers the news
French présentateur, présentatrice
- présentateurone who delivers the news
- présentatriceone who delivers the news
German Nachrichtensprecher, Nachrichtensprecherin
- Nachrichtensprecherone who delivers the news
- Nachrichtensprecherinone who delivers the news
Hungarian hírolvasó, bemondó
- hírolvasóone who delivers the news
- bemondóone who delivers the news
- tévébemondóone who delivers the news
Indonesian pembawa berita, penyiar berita
- pembawa beritaone who delivers the news
- penyiar beritaone who delivers the news
- pewara beritaone who delivers the news
Japanese ニュースキャスター
- ニュースキャスター (nyūsukyasutā)one who delivers the news
Korean 뉴스 캐스터
- 뉴스 캐스터 (nyuseu kaeseuteo)one who delivers the news
Malay penyampai berita
- penyampai beritaone who delivers the news
Polish prezenter, prezenterka
- prezenterone who delivers the news
- prezenterkaone who delivers the news
- prowadzącyone who delivers the news
- prowadzącaone who delivers the news
Portuguese apresentador, apresentadora
- apresentadorone who delivers the news
- apresentadoraone who delivers the news
Romanian prezentator
- prezentatorone who delivers the news
Russian телекоммента́тор, ди́ктор
- телекоммента́тор (telekommentátor)one who delivers the news
- ди́ктор (díktor)one who delivers the news
- телеведу́щий (televedúščij)one who delivers the news
- веду́щий (vedúščij)one who delivers the news
Swedish nyhetsuppläsare
- nyhetsuppläsareone who delivers the news
Urdu ناشر اخبار
- ناشر اخبار (nāshir-e-axbār)one who delivers the news
Welsh darlledwr newyddion, darlledwraig newyddion
- darlledwr newyddionone who delivers the news
- darlledwraig newyddionone who delivers the news
Cite this entry
newscaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscaster
“newscaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscaster. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newscaster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscaster.
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