Meanings
nounspokesperson (plural spokespersons or spokespeople)
plural spokespersons · plural spokespeople
- A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
News subsidies thus include making spokespersons available, producing press releases or staging pseudo-events designed to suit the media's production needs and attract the media's attention […]
2012, C. Holtz-Bacha, J. Strömbäck, Opinion Polls and the Media2 more examples
Biden and his spokespeople have proudly touted his signature COVID relief bill as a major stimulus for policing in a national context already characterized by globally unparalleled police spending.
2022 January 25, Eric Reinhardt, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in SlateA Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of concern for a group of three hillwalkers who had not returned from the Aonach Eagach ridge in Glen Coe shortly after 9.05pm on Saturday 5 August.
2023 August 7, Nadeem Badshah, “Bodies of three hillwalkers recovered from ridge in Scottish Highlands”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: spox
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounan advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + person.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ, مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ
- نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ (nāṭiq rasmiyy)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ (mutaḥaddiṯ rasmiyy)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Bulgarian представи́тел, представи́телка
- представи́тел (predstavítel)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- представи́телка (predstavítelka)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- говори́тел (govorítel)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- говори́телка (govorítelka)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Catalan portaveu
- portaveuperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Chinese Mandarin 發言人 /发言人
- 發言人 /发言人 (fāyánrén)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Czech mluvčí, zástupce
- mluvčíperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- zástupceperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- zástupkyněperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Danish talsperson
- talspersonperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Dutch woordvoerder, woordvoerster
- woordvoerderperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- woordvoersterperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- zegsmanperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- zegsvrouwperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Esperanto proparolanto
- proparolantoperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Estonian eestkõneleja, esindaja
- eestkõnelejaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- esindajaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Finnish edustaja, tiedottaja
- edustajaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- tiedottajaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- puhemiesperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- puhetorviperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
French porte-parole
- porte-paroleperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
German Sprecher, Sprecherin
- Sprecherperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- Sprecherinperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- Wortführerperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- Wortführerinperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Hebrew דּוֹבֵר
- דּוֹבֵר (dovér)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Hungarian szóvivő
- szóvivőperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Indonesian juru bicara, penyambung lidah
- juru bicaraperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- penyambung lidahperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Irish urlabhraí
- urlabhraíperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Italian portavoce
- portavoceperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Japanese 代弁者
- 代弁者 (daibensha)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Korean 대변자
- 대변자 (daebyeonja)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Latvian pārstāvis, pārstāve
- pārstāvisperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- pārstāveperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Lithuanian atstovas, atstovė
- atstovasperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- atstovėperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Malay jurucakap
- jurucakapperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Māori reo kōrero, waha kōrero
- reo kōreroperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- waha kōreroperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Norwegian Bokmål talsperson, talsmann
- talspersonperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- talsmannperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- talskvinneperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Polish rzecznik, rzeczniczka
- rzecznikperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- rzeczniczkaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Portuguese porta-voz
- porta-vozperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Romanian purtător de cuvânt, purtătoare de cuvânt
- purtător de cuvântperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- purtătoare de cuvântperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Russian представи́тель, представи́тельница
- представи́тель (predstavítelʹ)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- спи́кер (spíker)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Slovak hovorca, hovorkyňa
- hovorcaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- hovorkyňaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- zástupcaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- zástupkyňaperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Spanish portavoz
- portavozperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Swedish talesperson
- talespersonperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Thai โฆษก
- โฆษก (koo-sòk)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Turkish sözcü
- sözcüperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Ukrainian представни́к, представни́ця
- представни́к (predstavnýk)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- представни́ця (predstavnýcja)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- ре́чник (réčnyk)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- ре́чниця (réčnycja)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- спі́кер (spíker)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- спі́керка (spíkerka)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Urdu تَرْجُمان
- تَرْجُمان (tarjumān)person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Vietnamese người phát ngôn, phát ngôn viên
- người phát ngônperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
- phát ngôn viênperson who acts as the voice of a group of people
Cite this entry
APA
spokesperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokesperson
MLA
“spokesperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokesperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spokesperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokesperson.
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