Standard Lemma guide

broadcaster

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈbɹɑd-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːdˌkɑːstə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ˌkæstə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B R AO1 D K AE2 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: driller

3

noun

Meaning 3

A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spreader

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mechanical device

8

noun

Meaning 8

someone who broadcasts on radio or television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicator

Narrower terms: announcer, broadcast journalist, disk jockey, disc jockey, dj, telecaster

History

Etymology

From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kylvökone — machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
  • Finnish: lähetin — piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
  • Marathi: ब्रॉडकास्टर (brŏḍkāsṭar) — piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
  • Arabic: إِذَاعَة (ʔiḏāʕa) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放送局 (fàngsòngjú) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Dutch: omroep — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Dutch: zender — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Esperanto: elsendanto — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Finnish: lähetystoiminnan harjoittaja — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Finnish: radioyhtiö — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Finnish: televisioyhtiö — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • French: radiodiffuseur — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • German: Rundfunksender — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Greek: ραδιοφωνία (radiofonía) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Indonesian: lembaga penyiaran — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Italian: telediffusore — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Japanese: 放送局 (hōsōkyoku) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Korean: 방송국 (bangsongguk) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Macedonian: емитувач (emituvač) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Macedonian: радиодифузе́р (radiodifuzér) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Māori: rōpū whakapāho — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Marathi: प्रसारक (prasārak) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kringkaster — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Polish: nadawca — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Scottish Gaelic: craoladair — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Spanish: emisora — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Spanish: televisora — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Turkish: yayımcı — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Ukrainian: мо́вник (móvnyk) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Urdu: ناشر (nāśir) — organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
  • Arabic: مُذِيع (muḏīʕ) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Arabic: مُذِيعَة (muḏīʕa) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Cebuano: brodkaster — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Cebuano: magsisibya — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 播報員 /播报员 (bōbàoyuán, bòbàoyuán) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 播音員 /播音员 (bōyīnyuán, bòyīnyuán) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣播員 /广播员 (guǎngbōyuán, guǎngbòyuán) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 主播 (zhǔbō, zhǔbò) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Esperanto: elsendanto — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Finnish: lähettäjä (sender) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Finnish: levittäjä — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • German: Sender — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • German: Senderin — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Greek: εκφωνητής (ekfonitís) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Hebrew: שַׁדְרָן (šadrán) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Hebrew: שַׁדְרָנִית (šadranít) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Hungarian: műsorvezető — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Indonesian: angkasawan — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Macedonian: емитувач (emituvač) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Macedonian: радиодифузе́р (radiodifuzér) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Maltese: xandar — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Maltese: xandara — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Manx: ym-skeaylleyder — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Māori: kaiwhakapaoho — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Marathi: प्रसारक (prasārak) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kringkaster — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kringkastar — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Polish: nadawca — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Polish: nadawczyni — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Romanian: crainic — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Romanian: spicher — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Russian: ди́ктор (díktor) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Russian: ди́кторша (díktorša) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Russian: телевизио́нщик (televiziónščik) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Russian: телевизио́нщица (televiziónščica) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Scottish Gaelic: craoladair — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Tagalog: bródkaster — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Thai: ผู้ประกาศ (pûu-bprà-gàat) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Turkish: yayımcı — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Urdu: نَشر کار (naśar kār) — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Vietnamese: phát thanh viên — person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
  • Finnish: yleislähetin — piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network
  • Finnish: lähetin — piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network
  • Marathi: ब्रॉडकास्टर (brŏḍkāsṭar) — piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network
Real reading context

broadcaster in complete knowledge articles