anchorman

Noun

Meaning

a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

anchor anchorperson journalist speaker reporter newsman host leader narrator commentator broadcaster announcer correspondent presenter moderator

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Antonyms

tabby prater magpie gossip blabber busybody

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Hypernyms

television reporter tv reporter television newscaster tv newsman

Phrases with the word

television anchorman

Examples

The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 - "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course." Keith Olbermann

I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem. Anderson Cooper

I'm a member of the media. I'm America's Anchorman. Rush Limbaugh

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something. Linda Ellerbee

Because I went from the Daily Show where I was a fake news guy on a fake news show to Bruce Almighty where I played a news guy to Anchorman where I played a news guy, now I'm...yeah, I tend to gravitate towards suits. Steve Carell

He made a cameo as a BBC News Anchor in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

anchorless anchorlessness anchorlike anchorperson anchorsmith anchorwoman