newspaper: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 16 letter points · starts with N · ends with R
Meaning of newspaper
noun
- countable
A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality paper; today usually digital and often also available in print.
Example: Many major newspapers are paywalled because they need the revenue.
- countable, metonymically
The news organization that produces such a publication.
Example: Some newspapers are afraid to do hard-hitting investigative journalism. But this newspaper doesn't run from a fight.
- countable, uncountable
A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
Listed forms: newspapers.
Source: Wiktionary — newspaper.
verb
- transitive
To cover with newspaper.
Example: She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.
- intransitive, transitive
To engage in the business of journalism
Example: His newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towns.
- obsolete, transitive
To harass somebody through newspaper articles.
Example: He got newspapered out of public life.
Listed forms: newspapers, newspapering, newspapered.
Source: Wiktionary — newspaper.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for newspaper.
noun
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
noun
a business firm that publishes newspapers
- paper
- newspaper publisher
noun
the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
noun
cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is newspaper in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of newspaper
N(1) + E(1) + W(4) + S(1) + P(3) + A(1) + P(3) + E(1) + R(1) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of newspaper
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from newspaper
225 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in newspaper. Showing up to 24, longest first.