newscaster

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noun

One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

nounnewscaster (plural newscasters)

plural newscasters

  1. 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 2023
    2 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 Sin

    Yet, 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

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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
APA

newscaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscaster

MLA

“newscaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscaster. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newscaster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newscaster.

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