anchor

anchor

noun

Definition of ANCHOR

1

one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program <the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state>

Synonyms anchor, newscaster, newsreader [chiefly British]

Related Words anchorman, anchorwoman, coanchor; announcer, broadcaster, commentator, linkman [British], telecaster; correspondent, foreign correspondent, interviewer, journalist, newshound, newsie, newsman, newsperson, newswoman, reporter, stringer

2

something or someone to which one looks for support <my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis>

Synonyms anchor, buttress, mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby

Related Words backbone, sinew(s), spine; right hand; bolsterer, crutch, handmaiden (also handmaid), prop, stay; anchorage, harbor, refuge