He learned the news while reading the newspaper.
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Newspaper
/ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/
Synonyms for "newspaper" (70 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
gazetteinformationintelligencejournaljournalismmagazinenational newspaperneighborhood newspapernewsnews agencynews mediumnews servicenewsinessnewsletternewsmagazine
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
german papier
Related words (35)
newspaper of recordnewsworthinessorganpaperperiodicalpresspress associationpublicationradioragreportagereviewreviewersheetspecialspecial editiontabloidtelegraph agencytelevisionthe fourth estate
Noun(9 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: paper, advice, argus, broadcast journalism, broadsheet.
- Sentence evidence is available for newspaper, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "newspaper".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "newspaper"
Keep "newspaper" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "newspaper" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "newspaper", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "newspaper" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesmass mediapaperperiodicalpressproductproductionpublic presspublicationpublisherpublishing companypublishing firmpublishing house
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
9 entriesdaily newspaperlocal newspapernational newspapernewspaper articlenewspaper circulationnewspaper columnnewspaper editionnewspaper editornewspaper industry
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
262 translations across 159 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- агазеҭ noun (publication)
Afrikaans
1 entries- koerant noun (publication)
Albanian
2 entries- fletore noun (publication)
- gazetë noun (publication)
Amharic
1 entries- ጋዜጣ noun (publication)
Arabic
4 entries- جرنان noun (publication)
- جورنال noun (publication)
- جَرِيدَة noun (publication)
- جَرِيدَة noun (publication)
Armenian
1 entries- թերթ noun (publication)
Assamese
1 entries- বাতৰি noun (publication)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܣܦܵܪܝܵܘܡܵܐ noun (publication)
Asturian
2 entries- papel noun (publication)
- periódicu noun (publication)
Aukan
1 entries- kolanti noun (publication)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qəzet noun (publication)
Bashkir
1 entries- гәзит noun (publication)
Basque
1 entries- egunkari noun (publication)
Belarusian
2 entries- газе́та noun (publication)
- газэ́та noun (publication)
Bengali
2 entries- আখবার noun (publication)
- সংবাদপত্র পত্রিকা noun (publication)
Breton
1 entries- kazetenn noun (publication)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ве́стник noun (publication)
Burmese
1 entries- သတင်းစာ noun (publication)
Buryat
1 entries- һонин noun (publication)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- нови́ны noun (publication)
Catalan
3 entries- diari noun (publication)
- jornal noun (publication)
- periòdic noun (publication)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ڕۆژنامە noun (publication)
Chechen
2 entries- газет noun (publication)
- газета noun (publication)
Chichewa
1 entries- nyuzi noun (publication)
Chinese
4 entries- бо noun (publication)
- бозы noun (publication)
- 報紙 /报纸 noun (publication)
- 新聞 /新闻 noun (publication)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 報紙 /报纸 noun (publication)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 報 /报 noun (publication)
- 報章 /报章 noun (publication)
- 報紙 /报纸 noun (publication)
Chuukese
1 entries- simpung noun (publication)
Chuvash
1 entries- хаҫат noun (publication)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- gazeta noun (publication)
Czech
1 entries- noviny noun (publication)
Danish
3 entries- avis noun (publication)
- dagblad noun (publication)
- tidsskrift noun (publication)
Dari
3 entries- اَخْبَار noun (publication)
- جَرِیدَه noun (publication)
- روزْنَامَه noun (publication)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ނޫސްް noun (publication)
Dutch
4 entries- courant noun (publication)
- dagblad noun (publication)
- gazet noun (publication)
- krant noun (publication)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 報紙 /报纸 noun (publication)
Elfdalian
1 entries- tiningg noun (publication)
Erzya
2 entries- газета noun (publication)
- куляконёв noun (publication)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĵurnalo noun (publication)
Estonian
2 entries- ajaleht noun (publication)
- leht noun (publication)
Faroese
3 entries- blað noun (publication)
- dagblað noun (publication)
- tíðindablað noun (publication)
Fijian
1 entries- niusi.veva noun (publication)
Finnish
2 entries- lehti noun (publication)
- sanomalehti noun (publication)
French
1 entries- journal noun (publication)
Galician
1 entries- xornal noun (publication)
Georgian
1 entries- გაზეთი noun (publication)
German
1 entries- Zeitung noun (publication)
Greek
1 entries- εφημερίδα noun (publication)
Greenlandic
1 entries- aviisi noun (publication)
Gujarati
4 entries- અખબાર noun (publication)
- છાપું noun (publication)
- વર્તમાનપત્ર noun (publication)
- સમાચારપત્ર noun (publication)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 報紙 /报纸 noun (publication)
- 新聞紙 /新闻纸 noun (publication)
Hausa
1 entries- jarida noun (publication)
Hawaiian
1 entries- nūpepa noun (publication)
Hebrew
1 entries- עִיתּוֹן noun (publication)
Hindi
3 entries- अख़बार noun (publication)
- पत्रिका noun (publication)
- समाचारपत्र noun (publication)
Hungarian
2 entries- hírlap noun (publication)
- újság noun (publication)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Zeidung noun (publication)
Icelandic
3 entries- blað noun (publication)
- dagblað noun (publication)
- fréttablað noun (publication)
Ido
1 entries- jurnalo noun (publication)
Inari Sami
1 entries- aavis noun (publication)
Indonesian
2 entries- koran noun (publication)
- surat kabar noun (publication)
Ingrian
1 entries- gazetti noun (publication)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اَخْبار noun (publication)
- جَریدِه noun (publication)
- روزْنامِه noun (publication)
Irish
2 entries- nuachtán noun (publication)
- páipéar nuachta noun (publication)
Italian
2 entries- giornale noun (publication)
- quotidiano noun (publication)
Japanese
1 entries- 新聞 noun (publication)
Javanese
4 entries- ariwara noun (publication)
- ariwarta noun (publication)
- ariwarti noun (publication)
- koran noun (publication)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 報紙 /报纸 noun (publication)
Kalmyk
1 entries- сонин noun (publication)
Kannada
3 entries- ವಾರ್ತಾಪತ್ರಿಕೆ noun (publication)
- ವೃತ್ತಪತ್ರಿಕೆ noun (publication)
- ಸಮಾಚಾರ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ noun (publication)
Kashubian
2 entries- cajtung noun (publication)
- gazéta noun (publication)
Kazakh
2 entries- газет noun (publication)
- үнжария noun (publication)
Khmer
2 entries- កាសែត noun (publication)
- សារពត៌មាន noun (publication)
Korean
1 entries- 신문 noun (publication)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- гезит noun (publication)
- күнчө noun (publication)
Lao
1 entries- ໜັງສືພິມ noun (publication)
Latin
3 entries- acta noun (publication)
- acta diurna noun (publication)
- diurnum noun (publication)
Latvian
2 entries- avīze noun (publication)
- laikraksts noun (publication)
Lingala
1 entries- nkasa ya nsango noun (publication)
Lithuanian
1 entries- laikraštis noun (publication)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- casnik noun (publication)
Luganda
1 entries- olupapula lwa mawulire noun (publication)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Zeitung noun (publication)
Lü
1 entries- ᦐᧂᦉᦹᦘᦲᧄ noun (publication)
Macedonian
1 entries- весник noun (publication)
Malagasy
1 entries- gazety noun (publication)
Malay
2 entries- akhbar noun (publication)
- surat khabar noun (publication)
Malayalam
1 entries- ദിനപത്രം noun (publication)
Maltese
2 entries- gazzetta noun (publication)
- ġurnal noun (publication)
Marathi
2 entries- वर्तमानपत्र noun (publication)
- वृत्तपत्र noun (publication)
Moksha
1 entries- газета noun (publication)
Mongolian
2 entries- сонин noun (publication)
- ᠰᠣᠨᠢᠨ noun (publication)
Māori
1 entries- nūpepa noun (publication)
Navajo
2 entries- aseezį́ binaaltsoos noun (publication)
- haneʼ binaaltsoos noun (publication)
Nepali
1 entries- अखबार noun (publication)
Norman
1 entries- gâzette noun (publication)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- nûçename noun (publication)
- rojname noun (publication)
Northern Sami
1 entries- aviisa noun (publication)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avis noun (publication)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- avis noun (publication)
Occitan
1 entries- jornal noun (publication)
Odia
2 entries- ଖବରକାଗଜ noun (publication)
- ସମ୍ବାଦପତ୍ର noun (publication)
Okinawan
1 entries- かみはぶ noun (publication)
Oromo
1 entries- gaazexaa noun (publication)
Ossetian
1 entries- газет noun (publication)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- جریده noun (publication)
- روزنامه noun (publication)
- غزته noun (publication)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- новини noun (publication)
Pashto
4 entries- اخبار noun (publication)
- جريده noun (publication)
- روزنامه noun (publication)
- ورځپاڼه noun (publication)
Persian
2 entries- جَرِیدَه noun (publication)
- روزْنَامَه noun (publication)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Zeitunk noun (publication)
Pohnpeian
1 entries- simpung noun (publication)
Polish
1 entries- gazeta noun (publication)
Portuguese
1 entries- jornal noun (publication)
Punjabi
3 entries- خبر noun (publication)
- ਅਖਬਾਰ noun (publication)
- ਸਮਾਚਾਰ ਪੱਤਰ noun (publication)
Romanian
1 entries- ziar noun (publication)
Romansch
1 entries- gasetta noun (publication)
Russian
1 entries- газе́та noun (publication)
Santali
2 entries- ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱜᱚᱡᱽ noun (publication)
- ᱵᱮᱣᱨᱟ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ noun (publication)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- pàipear-naidheachd noun (publication)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nòvine noun (publication)
- но̀вине noun (publication)
Silesian
1 entries- cajtůng noun (publication)
Sindhi
1 entries- اخبار noun (publication)
Sinhalese
2 entries- පත්තරේ noun (publication)
- පුවත්පත noun (publication)
Skolt Sami
2 entries- gaˊzaat noun (publication)
- gaˊzeâˊt noun (publication)
Slovak
1 entries- noviny noun (publication)
Slovene
2 entries- časnik noun (publication)
- časopis noun (publication)
Sotho
1 entries- koranta noun (publication)
Spanish
4 entries- diario noun (publication)
- gaceta noun (publication)
- periódico noun (publication)
- rotativo noun (publication)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- koranti noun (publication)
Swahili
1 entries- gazeti noun (publication)
Swedish
4 entries- dagstidning noun (publication)
- kvällstidning noun (publication)
- morgontidning noun (publication)
- tidning noun (publication)
Tagalog
2 entries- dyariyo noun (publication)
- pahayagan noun (publication)
Tajik
3 entries- газета noun (publication)
- рӯзнома noun (publication)
- ҷарида noun (publication)
Tamil
3 entries- செய்தித்தாள் noun (publication)
- நாளிதழ் noun (publication)
- நாளேடு noun (publication)
Tatar
2 entries- газет noun (publication)
- гәзит noun (publication)
Telugu
1 entries- వార్తాపత్రిక noun (publication)
Thai
1 entries- หนังสือพิมพ์ noun (publication)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཚག་པར noun (publication)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ጋዜጣ noun (publication)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- niuspepa noun (publication)
Tundra Nenets
1 entries- газета noun (publication)
Turkish
4 entries- ceride noun (publication)
- gaste noun (publication)
- gazete noun (publication)
- günce noun (publication)
Turkmen
1 entries- gazet noun (publication)
Udmurt
2 entries- газет noun (publication)
- газета noun (publication)
Ukrainian
1 entries- газе́та noun (publication)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- nowiny noun (publication)
Urdu
3 entries- اَخْبار noun (publication)
- روزْنامَہ noun (publication)
- سَماچار پَتْر noun (publication)
Uyghur
1 entries- گېزىت noun (publication)
Uzbek
3 entries- gazeta noun (publication)
- jarida noun (publication)
- roʻznoma noun (publication)
Vietnamese
3 entries- báo noun (publication)
- báo chí noun (publication)
- tờ báo noun (publication)
Vilamovian
1 entries- cajtung noun (publication)
Welsh
2 entries- newyddiadur noun (publication)
- papur newydd noun (publication)
West-Frisian
1 entries- krante noun (publication)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 報紙 /报纸 noun (publication)
Yakut
1 entries- хаһыат noun (publication)
Yiddish
1 entries- צײַטונג noun (publication)
Yoruba
1 entries- ìwé ìròyìn noun (publication)
Zazaki
1 entries- qezeta m rocdek (diq) noun (publication)
Zhuang
1 entries- bauqceij noun (publication)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I do a lot of work on the school newspaper.
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At school I am on the Newspaper Committee.
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We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.
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Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "newspaper"?
Closest matches include paper, advice, argus, broadcast journalism, broadsheet.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "newspaper"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.