A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
...The Times Diplomatic Correspondent.
More Synonyms of correspondent
correspondent in British English
(ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt)
noun
1.
a person who communicates by letter or by letters
2.
a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country
3.
a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad
4.
something that corresponds to another
adjective
5.
similar or analogous
correspondent in American English
(ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt)
adjective
1.
corresponding; agreeing; matching; analogous
noun
2.
a thing that corresponds; correlate
3.
a.
a person who exchanges letters with another
b.
a person who writes to a magazine or newspaper, expressing an opinion, as on public affairs
4.
a person hired by a newspaper, radio or television network, etc. to furnish news, articles, newscast segments, etc. of a certain type or from a distant place
5.
a person or firm acting for, or having regular business relations with, another ata distance
Word origin
ME < ML correspondens, prp. of correspondere, correspond
Examples of 'correspondent' in a sentence
correspondent
And before him --- we're going way back now --- there was Frank, a foreign correspondent for ITN.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
As a foreign correspondent Newman always carried his passport.
Forbes, Colin COVER STORY (2002)
Under the headline is the byline: `From our own correspondent ".
Brierley, David SNOWLINE (2002)
In other languages
correspondent
British English: correspondent /ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt/ NOUN
A correspondent is a television or newspaper reporter.
...our Diplomatic Correspondent.
American English: correspondent
Arabic: مُرَاسِل
Brazilian Portuguese: correspondente
Chinese: 记者
Croatian: dopisnik
Czech: dopisovatel
Danish: korrespondent
Dutch: correspondent
European Spanish: corresponsal
Finnish: kirjeenvaihtaja
French: correspondant
German: Briefschreiber
Greek: επιστολογράφος
Italian: corrispondente
Japanese: 通信員
Korean: 특파원
Norwegian: korrespondent
Polish: korespondent
European Portuguese: correspondente
Romanian: corespondent
Russian: корреспондент
Latin American Spanish: corresponsal
Swedish: korrespondent
Thai: นักข่าว
Turkish: muhabir
Ukrainian: кореспондент
Vietnamese: phóng viên
All related terms of 'correspondent'
correspondent bank
A correspondent bank is a bank that provides services such as accepting deposits for another bank.
war correspondent
a journalist who reports on a war from the scene of action
court correspondent
(in Britain) a journalist who covers stories about the royal family
foreign correspondent
a reporter who visits or resides in a foreign country in order to report on its affairs
lobby correspondent
a political correspondent who reports from parliament
motoring correspondent
a journalist who reviews and writes about cars
royal correspondent
a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
science correspondent
a newspaper or television journalist who specializes in reporting on new discoveries in science
special correspondent
a journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone
string correspondent
a journalist retained by a newspaper or news service on a part-time basis to cover a particular town or area
education correspondent
a journalist who reports news in the field of education or teaching
industrial correspondent
a journalist who specializes in reporting the industrial news
Chinese translation of 'correspondent'
correspondent
(kɔrɪsˈpɔndənt)
n(c)
(= reporter) 记(記)者 (jìzhě) (名, míng)
1 (noun)
Definition
a person employed by a newspaper or news service to report on a special subject or from a foreign country
Here is a special report from our Europe correspondent.
Synonyms
reporter
a trainee sports reporter
journalist
a freelance journalist with a special interest in the arts
contributor
All of the pieces by the magazine's contributors appear anonymously.
special correspondent
journo (slang)
gazetteer (archaic)
hack
tabloid hacks, always eager to find a story
hackette (derogatory)
2 (noun)
Definition
a person who communicates by letter
He wasn't a good correspondent and only wrote to me once a year.
Synonyms
letter writer
pen friend or pen pal
(adjective)
Synonyms
corresponding
March and April sales this year were up 8 per cent on the corresponding period last year.
like
similar
The sisters looked very similar.
parallel
a victory parallel to that of Waterloo
comparable
The scoring systems used in the two studies are not directly comparable.
reciprocal
They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed.
analogous
This kind of construction is analogous to building a bridge under water.
of a piece
Additional synonyms
in the sense of analogous
Definition
similar in some respects
This kind of construction is analogous to building a bridge under water.
Synonyms
similar,
like,
related,
equivalent,
parallel,
resembling,
alike,
corresponding,
comparable,
akin,
homologous
in the sense of comparable
Definition
worthy of comparison
The scoring systems used in the two studies are not directly comparable.
Synonyms
similar,
related,
alike,
corresponding,
akin,
analogous,
of a piece,
cognate,
cut from the same cloth
in the sense of contributor
All of the pieces by the magazine's contributors appear anonymously.