Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

newsreader

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: news-read-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor, newscaster.

noun

A program for reading and posting to newsgroups.

Etymology

From news + reader.

Inflected Forms

newsreaders (plural)

Derived Forms

newsreaderess

Synonyms

news reader

Questions

What does newsreader mean?: An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor, newscaster.
Where does newsreader come from?: From news + reader.

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