Meanings
plural pollsters
- A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls.
Trump didn't like the results of the polls, so he fired the pollsters.
1 more example
Now that the cold war has ended and political ideologies have been replaced by pollsters and spin doctors, Machiavelli's cleareyed assessments of power dynamics and pragmatic advantage are suddenly in vogue.
2000 December 3, Alexander Stille, “The Original Spin Doctor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who conducts surveys of public opinion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian анкетьор
- анкетьор (anketjor)person who conducts polls
Catalan enquestador, enquestadora
- enquestadorperson who conducts polls
- enquestadoraperson who conducts polls
Finnish mielipidetutkija
- mielipidetutkijaperson who conducts polls
French sondeur, enquêteur
- sondeurperson who conducts polls
- enquêteurperson who conducts polls
- enquêtriceperson who conducts polls
German Meinungsforscher
- Meinungsforscherperson who conducts polls
Greek δημοσκόπος
- δημοσκόπος (dimoskópos)person who conducts polls
Hungarian közvélemény-kutató, kérdezőbiztos
- közvélemény-kutatóperson who conducts polls
- kérdezőbiztosperson who conducts polls
Polish ankieter, ankieterka
- ankieterperson who conducts polls
- ankieterkaperson who conducts polls
Portuguese pesquisador
- pesquisadorperson who conducts polls
Romanian anchetator, sondor
- anchetatorperson who conducts polls
- sondorperson who conducts polls
Russian опро́счик, опро́счица
- опро́счик (oprósčik)person who conducts polls
- опро́счица (oprósčica)person who conducts polls
- анкетёр (anketjór)person who conducts polls
Spanish encuestador
- encuestadorperson who conducts polls
Turkish anketçi, anketör
- anketçiperson who conducts polls
- anketörperson who conducts polls
Cite this entry
pollster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollster
“pollster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollster. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pollster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollster.
Source: pollster on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.