Meanings
plural newsflashes · alternative news flash
- broadcastingA brief media report of something that has recently taken place.
Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned.
Synonyms: breaking news, bulletin, flash, snap, update
alternative news flash
- colloquialoftensarcasticIntroduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.
In the 1980s we thought that fat was the root of all evil, but now people are saying that insulin is what is making us fat or that we should eat paleo, like our prehistoric friends (um, newsflash: most people in the Paleolithic era died from starvation).
2019, Rob Lipsett, The Rob Lipsett Game Plan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brief media report of something that has recently taken place.
interjectionIntroduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 快訊 /快讯
- 快訊 /快讯 (kuàixùn)Translations
Hungarian gyorshír
- gyorshírTranslations
Russian срочная новость
- срочная новость (sročnaja novostʹ)Translations
Spanish primicia, emprima
- primiciaTranslations
- emprimaTranslations
- tubazoTranslations
- chivaTranslations
- noticiónTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with newsflash
Cite this entry
newsflash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsflash
“newsflash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsflash. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newsflash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsflash.
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