noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.

   "Some of the users are 'old timers'; they have been around in the newsgroup for several years[…]"

2. 2
   an area on a computer network, especially on the internet, devoted to the discussion of a specified topic wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

froupfroupnewsfroupusegroupusegroup

Example

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"Oops, I posted the message to the wrong newsgroup."

Etymology

From news + group.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.