Meanings
nounsubscriber (plural subscribers)
plural subscribers
- A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.
Our magazine has over ten thousand subscribers.
1 more example
The aim is to better appeal to the varied interests of Netflix’s sprawling subscriber base. […] “All signs point to Netflix having reached escape velocity, with subscribers scaling far faster than investors expected,” Mr. Greenfield said.
2024 April 18, Nicole Sperling, Benjamin Mullin, “Netflix Added More Than 9 Million Subscribers in First Quarter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024 - computingA system or component that subscribes to something, such as an event, made available by a publisher.
An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers.
2013, Addy Osmani, Developing Backbone.js Applications, page 175
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person undersigned.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who expresses strong approval
Broader
nounsomeone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
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nounsomeone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
- Proto-Italic*skreiβō
- Latinscrībō
- Latinsubscrībere
- Middle Englishsubscriben
- Englishsubscribe
- Englishsubscriber
Translations
Afrikaans intekenaar, intekenare
- intekenaara person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- intekenarea person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Bulgarian абона́т
- абона́т (abonát)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Catalan subscriptor, subscriptora
- subscriptora person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- subscriptoraa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- abonata person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- abonadaa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Chinese Mandarin 訂閱者 /订阅者, 訂戶 /订户
- 訂閱者 /订阅者 (dìngyuèzhě)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- 訂戶 /订户 (dìnghù)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- 用戶 /用户 (yònghù)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Esperanto abonanto
- abonantoa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Finnish tilaaja
- tilaajaa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
French abonné
- abonnéa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
German Abonnent, Abonnentin
- Abonnenta person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- Abonnentina person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- Beziehera person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- Bezieherina person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Hebrew מָנוּי
- מָנוּיa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Hungarian előfizető
- előfizetőa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Icelandic áskrifandi
- áskrifandia person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Irish foscríobhaí
- foscríobhaía person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Italian iscritto, abbonato
- iscrittoa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- abbonatoa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Japanese 購読者, 加入者
- 購読者 (kōdokusha)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- 加入者 (kanyūsha)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Korean 구독자, 가입자
- 구독자 (gudokja)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- 가입자 (gaipja)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Latin subscrīptor
- subscrīptora person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Malay pelanggan
- pelanggana person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Māori kaiohauru
- kaiohaurua person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Norwegian Bokmål abonnent
- abonnenta person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Polish abonent, abonentka
- abonenta person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- abonentkaa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- subskrybent (YouTube)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Portuguese assinante, subscritor
- assinantea person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- subscritora person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- subscritoraa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- inscritoa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- inscritaa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Romanian abonat, subscriber (YouTube)
- abonata person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- subscriber (YouTube)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Russian подпи́счик, подпи́счица
- подпи́счик (podpísčik)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- подпи́счица (podpísčica)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- абоне́нт (abonént)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- абоне́нтка (abonéntka)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Spanish suscriptor, suscriptora
- suscriptora person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- suscriptoraa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- abonadoa person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- subscriptora person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Swedish abonnent, prenumerant
- abonnenta person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- prenumeranta person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Turkish abone
- abonea person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Ukrainian передпла́тник, передпла́тниця
- передпла́тник (peredplátnyk)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- передпла́тниця (peredplátnycja)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- підписник (pidpysnyk)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
- підписниця (pidpysnycja)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Welsh tanysgrifiwr
- tanysgrifiwra person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Yiddish אַבאָנענט
- אַבאָנענט (abonent)a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with subscriber
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APA
subscriber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subscriber
MLA
“subscriber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subscriber. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subscriber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subscriber.
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