journalist

jour·nal·ist

noun \-nə-list\

Definition of JOURNALIST

1

a : a person engaged in journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news medium b : a writer who aims at a mass audience

2

: a person who keeps a journal

Examples of JOURNALIST

1. <a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories>

First Known Use of JOURNALIST

1693

Related to JOURNALIST

Synonyms: correspondent, intelligencer, reporter, newshound, newsman, newsperson, pressman [British]

Related Words: announcer, broadcaster, newscaster, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswoman; anchor, anchorman, anchorperson, anchorwoman; byliner, columnist, commentator; copyreader, editor; muckraker, photojournalist, police reporter, sportswriter, staffer, stringer

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Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith