journalist
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journalist
- /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/ US
- /ˈd͡ʒɜːnəlɪst/ UK
noun journalists
- The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
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One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
“There’s this terrible business to start with. Scotland Yard men in and out of the house like a jack-in-the-box! Never know where they won’t turn up next. Screaming headlines in every paper in the country—damn all journalists, I say!”
Similar: gazetteer
- A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events. British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: diarist, diary keeper, columnist, editor, journalistic, newspaper, journalism, reporter, reportage, newspaperman, news, writer, broadcaster, briefing, interviewer, photographer
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noun keeper of a personal journal
| Español | diarista |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | ημερολογιογράφος imerologiográfos |
noun one whose occupation or profession is journalism
| Español | periodista |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기자 gija, 저널리스트 jeoneolliseuteu |
| 日本語 | 記者 kisha, ジャーナリスト jānarisuto |
| 中文 | 記者 /记者 jìzhě, 新聞工作者 /新闻工作者 xīnwén gōngzuòzhě |
| हिन्दी | पत्रकार patrakār |
| Português | jornalista, periodista |
| Français | journaliste |
| Deutsch | Journalist, Journalistin |
| Italiano | giornalista |
| Ελληνικά | δημοσιογράφος dimosiográfos |
| Română | ziarist, ziaristă, gazetar, gazetară, jurnalist, jurnalistă |
| Русский | журнали́ст žurnalíst, журнали́стка žurnalístka, газе́тчик gazétčik, газе́тчица gazétčica |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà báo, ký giả |
| العربية | صَحَفِيّ ṣaḥafiyy, صَحَفِيَّة ṣaḥafiyya, صُحُفِيّ ṣuḥufiyy, صُحُفِيَّة ṣuḥufiyya, صَحَافِيّ ṣaḥāfiyy, صَحَافِيَّة ṣaḥāfiyya |
| עברית | עיתונאי \ עִתּוֹנַאי ‘itóna'í, עיתונאית itonaít |
noun reporter
| Español | periodista, reportero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기자 gija, 보고자 bogoja |
| 日本語 | 記者 kisha, 報告者 hōkokusha, ジャーナリスト jānarisuto, リポーター ripōtā |
| 中文 | 記者 /记者 jìzhě |
| हिन्दी | संवाददाता samvāddātā |
| Kiswahili | mwanahabari |
| Português | repórter, jornalista |
| Français | journaliste |
| Deutsch | Journalist, Journalistin, Reporter, Reporterin |
| Italiano | giornalista, reporter |
| Ελληνικά | δημοσιογράφος dimosiográfos |
| Română | reporter, reporteră, jurnalist, jurnalistă |
| Русский | репортёр reportjór, репортёрша reportjórša, корреспонде́нт korrespondént, корреспонде́нтка korrespondéntka, журнали́ст žurnalíst, журнали́стка žurnalístka |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà báo |
| العربية | مُرَاسِل murāsil, مُرَاسِلَة murāsila, صَحَافِيّ ṣaḥāfiyy |
Talk about this word "journalist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/journalist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. journalist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/journalist "journalist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/journalist.Cite this
@misc{journalist_2026,
title = {journalist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/journalist},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
