NEWSY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

newsy

adjective

ˈnü-zē

Definition of newsy

as in colloquial

having the style and content of everyday conversation a newsy TV program covering the local scene

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Recent Examples of newsy As Polymarket inundates millions of timelines with newsy statements, the efficacy of each announcement can be hard to parse. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026 This has already been a newsy NFL offseason, from the Giants’ hiring of John Harbaugh to Bill Belichick’s Hall of Fame snub to the Miami Dolphins’ release of Tyreek Hill. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026 Some are very newsy, facts-oriented and straight-faced. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026 That brings us to the second newsy nugget of the morning. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newsy

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Adjective

Silent sleep apnea is a colloquial term for the form of the condition that occurs without the loud, disruptive snoring most people associate with it.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
Wilson’s translation has come under fire for her decision to render Homeric Greek into a direct, colloquial English.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026

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Eve’s Hollywood, gossipy and full of anecdote captures a more recent version of the conversations Arzner used to overhear at her father’s Hollywood restaurant.

— Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
There’s the pleasant background noise of gossipy girls’ dinners and third dates.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 2 July 2026

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