journalist
noun
Simple meaning
A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
jurnuhluhstSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdʒɝnələst
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
Someone who keeps a diary or journal
A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.
originally
The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
Used this way, journalist is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in news or reporting contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- News/reporting
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use journalist
- “A brave journalist reported on the difficult conditions in the city.”
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