newsy

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/ˈn(j)uːzi/

adjective

Containing lots of news; informative.

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informativeinformatorychattygossipycommunicativecommunicatory
UncommonFirst used 19th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

adjectivenewsy (comparative newsier, superlative newsiest)

comparative newsier · superlative newsiest

  1. Containing lots of news; informative.
  2. Chatty, gossipy.
nounnewsy (plural newsies)

plural newsies

  1. USinformalSomeone selling newspapers; a newsboy.First known use 19th c.
  2. CanadaUSinformalA journalist, especially a reporter.First known use 20th c.

    “Love life among the grown-ups, better ask a newsie, you really want to know. Those guys get around.”

    2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 7
    1 more example

    Taken together, these websites resembled something of a first-person news network, a collective form of collaborative news-gathering. Ordinary people were transforming into 'amateur newsies', […]

    2006, Stuart Allan, Online News: Journalism And The Internet, page 61

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefull of news

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informativeinformatory

adjectiveprone to friendly informal communication

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chattygossipycommunicativecommunicatory
Also see
chattycommunicativecommunicatorygossipyinformativeinformatory

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From news + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with newsy

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Anagrams

Sweyn
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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