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Synonyms for newspaper

Most common

journal gazette masthead newsprint

All synonyms

Noun

1. Journal — A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print…

paper, journal, gazette, masthead, rag slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    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.

    Many major newspapers are paywalled because they need the revenue.

Forms

Plural
newspapers → papers, journals, gazettes, mastheads…

Example sentences

  • journal Sami photocopied pages of Layla's private journal.
  • newsprint When I moved house, I wrapped everything in newsprint.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
newspapersteady
journalsteady
gazettefalling
mastheadsteady
newsprintfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
rag1
5 letters
paper2
7 letters
journal2, gazette2
8 letters
masthead2
9 letters
newsprint2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paper2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
journal
Italiano
diario
Español
diario
Deutsch
Tagebuch
Català
gaseta