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newsworthy

adj · 2 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.

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adj

Meaning 1

Interesting enough to be reported as a news

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • newsworthy event
  • The most newsworthy articles should be towards the front of the paper.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From news + -worthy.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: uutisarvoinen — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • German: berichtenswert — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • German: veröffentlichungswürdig — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • German: interessant — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • German: eine Nachricht wert seiend — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • Polish: warty opublikowania — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • Spanish: de interés periodístico — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • Spanish: noticiable — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • Spanish: de relevancia reporteril — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • Spanish: merecer ser noticia — interesting enough to be reported as a news
  • Spanish: noticioso — interesting enough to be reported as a news