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subscriber

noun

Simple meaning

Someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

suhbskryber

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IPA pronunciation (US)

səbskˈɹaɪbɚ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.

  2. Someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication

  3. programming

    A system or component that subscribes to something, such as an event, made available by a publisher.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.

Used this way, subscriber is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use subscriber

  • “Every new subscriber receives a welcome email with a special offer.”

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Subscribes / contracts

digital subscribersubscriber service

System or component

new subscriber

Other combinations

subscriber linesubscriber basesubscriber loopcalling subscribersubscriber identity

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • subscribeverbBase word

    Offer to buy, as of stocks and shares.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • subscriber linenounCompound term

    A telephone connection.

  • digital subscriber linenounCompound term

    A generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: person who subscribes to a publication

readercontributor

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