cohost

noun

co·​host (ˌ)kō-ˈhōst 

variants or co-host

plural cohosts or co-hosts

: one of two or more people who host something (such as a television show) together

As cohost of the network's late-night wrap-ups of its Winter Olympics coverage, the effervescent Sullivan drew nothing but encomiums …

—Harry F. Waters

The one-hour show, airing weekday mornings on ABC, includes a 15-minute discussion among the four co-hosts about that day's "hot topics" …

—Josh Young

The third annual West Texas Salute to Veterans has been scheduled … . Co-hosts for the event are Lubbock National Bank and Silent Wings Museum.

—Ray Westbrook

cohost verb, transitive + intransitive

or co-host

Publicly Moscow supports North Korea's demand to cohost the Games.

—Newsweek

So why does he co-host a weekly podcast about American University basketball?

—Dan Steinberg

The sneaker giant is lending its name to what could develop into a massive promotional sporting event co-hosted by the City of Portland, Ore. …

—Melanie Wells

Examples of cohost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her cohost, Craig Melvin, and fill-in anchor, Sheinelle Jones, then revealed more details on her whereabouts at the top of Thursday's show. —Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026

The episode notably featured a tense moment when the show's moderator, Whoopi Goldberg, snapped at cohost Ana Navarro moments before a commercial. —Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 17 June 2026

Unlike Turkey’s captain, and unlike one of the cohost nation’s pundits, the USMNT is not overlooking them. —Tom Bogert, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Hayes, 55, asked, to laughter from Lopez and Hayes' cohosts. —Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cohost

• almost
• engrossed
• foremost
• hindmost
• impost
• inmost
• lamppost
• leftmost
• necrosed
• outpost
• pancoast
• rightmost