Meanings
nounpublisher (plural publishers)
plural publishers
- A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
All a publisher has to do is write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work.
1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man JeevesSynonyms: publishing house, pubber, pub
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
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nouna firm in the publishing business
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Afrikaans uitgewer
- uitgewerone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Arabic دَار نَشْر, نَاشِر
- دَار نَشْر (dār našr)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- نَاشِر (nāšir)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Basque argitaratzaile, argitaletxe
- argitaratzaileone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- argitaletxeone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Bulgarian изда́тел, изда́телка
- изда́тел (izdátel)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- изда́телка (izdátelka)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- изда́телство (izdátelstvo)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Catalan editorial, editor
- editorialone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- editorone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Chinese Mandarin 出版者, 發行人 /发行人
- 出版者 (chūbǎn zhě)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- 發行人 /发行人 (fāxíngrén)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- 出版社 (chūbǎnshè)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Czech vydavatel, vydavatelka
- vydavatelone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- vydavatelkaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- vydavatelstvíone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Danish forlægger
- forlæggerone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Dutch uitgever, uitgeverij
- uitgeverone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- uitgeverijone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Esperanto eldonejo, eldonisto
- eldonejoone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- eldonistoone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Estonian kirjastaja
- kirjastajaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Finnish julkaisija, kustantaja
- julkaisijaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- kustantajaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
French éditeur, éditrice
- éditeurone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- éditriceone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- maison d'éditionone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- publicateurone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- publicatriceone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
German Herausgeber, Herausgeberin
- Herausgeberone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- Herausgeberinone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- Verlagone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Greek εκδότης, εκδότρια
- εκδότης (ekdótis)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- εκδότρια (ekdótria)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hebrew הוצאה לאור, מוֹצִיא לָאוֹר
- הוצאה לאור (hotza'ah la'ór)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- מוֹצִיא לָאוֹר (motsí la'ór)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hindi प्रकाशक, पब्लिशर
- प्रकाशक (prakāśak)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- पब्लिशर (pabliśar)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hungarian könyvkiadó, kiadó
- könyvkiadóone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- kiadóone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Indonesian penerbit
- penerbitone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Italian editore, editrice
- editoreone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- editriceone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- pubblicatoreone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- pubblicatriceone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Japanese 出版社, 発行者
- 出版社 (shuppansha)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- 発行者 (hakkou sha)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Korean 출판사
- 출판사 (chulpansa)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Latin publicator, editor
- publicatorone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- editorone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Malay penerbit
- penerbitone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Māori kaiwhakaputa
- kaiwhakaputaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Norwegian Bokmål forlegger, forlag
- forleggerone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- forlagone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Persian ناشر
- ناشر (nâšer)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Polish wydawca, wydawczyni
- wydawcaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- wydawczynione who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- wydawnictwoone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Portuguese editor, editora
- editorone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- editoraone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- editoresone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Romanian editură
- editurăone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Russian изда́тель, изда́тельница
- изда́тель (izdátelʹ)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- изда́тельница (izdátelʹnica)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- изда́тельство (izdátelʹstvo)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Slovak vydavateľ, vydavateľka
- vydavateľone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- vydavateľkaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- vydavateľstvoone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Spanish editor, editorial
- editorone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- editorialone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- publicadorone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Swedish förläggare, förlag
- förläggareone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- förlagone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- utgivareone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Tagalog tagapaglathala
- tagapaglathalaone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Thai ผู้พิมพ์
- ผู้พิมพ์ (pûu-pim)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Turkish yayıncı, yayımcı
- yayıncıone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- yayımcıone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Ukrainian видаве́ць, видавни́к
- видаве́ць (vydavécʹ)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- видавни́к (vydavnýk)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- видавни́ця (vydavnýcja)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- видавни́цтво (vydavnýctvo)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Urdu ناشر
- ناشر (nāśir)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Vietnamese người xuất bản, nhà xuất bản
- người xuất bảnone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- nhà xuất bảnone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Welsh cyhoeddwr, gwasg
- cyhoeddwrone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- gwasgone who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Yiddish פֿאַרלאַג
- פֿאַרלאַג (farlag)one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
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publisher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publisher
MLA
“publisher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publisher. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “publisher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publisher.
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