Synonyms of newsreader

newsreader

noun

ˈnüz-ˌrē-dər 

chiefly British

as in newscaster

one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program

the legendary BBC newsreader now has her own current affairs program

Synonyms & Similar Words

• newscaster
• broadcaster
• reporter
• announcer
• anchor
• commentator
• correspondent
• anchorperson
• journalist
• anchorwoman
• anchorman
• newsman
• coanchor
• interviewer
• newswoman
• newsperson
• stringer
• telecaster
• foreign correspondent
• newshound
• linkman
• newsie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of newsreader

Director-general Tim Davie has previously said the BBC is reluctant to censor output, though the corporation did remove Huw Edwards content from iPlayer — including a Doctor Who episode that was re-edited — after the newsreader pleaded guilty to accessing child abuse images. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025

In Paul Greengrass’s film News of the World, for instance, Tom Hanks plays a traveling newsreader whose attempt to return a girl to her family doubles as a tour of a country whose divisions look like clear roots to some of our current national troubles. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025

In September, the former newsreader was handed a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025

Meanwhile, the anchors of the unwatched NBC and ABC nightly newscasts have been replaced by even less likable newsreaders. —Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025

Dad, a newsreader for the BBC, grew up in Caterham, a town near the M25 motorway that encircles London and prime Palace-supporting territory. —Rebecca Lowe, New York Times, 14 May 2025