Standard Lemma guide

publicist

noun · 4 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.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AH1 B L IH0 S IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A scholar, of public or international law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

someone who publicizes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: publicizer, publiciser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicator

Narrower terms: advertiser, advertizer, adman, press agent, publicity man, public relations man, PR man, sensationalist, ballyhoo artist

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French publiciste, equivalent to public + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: говори́тел (govorítel) — person whose job is to publicize
  • Dutch: publiciteitsagent — person whose job is to publicize
  • French: agent de publicité — person whose job is to publicize
  • French: agent publicitaire — person whose job is to publicize
  • French: publicitaire — person whose job is to publicize
  • Georgian: ჟურნალისტი (žurnalisṭi) — person whose job is to publicize
  • Italian: pubblicista — person whose job is to publicize
  • Italian: pubblicitario — person whose job is to publicize
  • Māori: kaiwhakahahaki — person whose job is to publicize
  • Romanian: agent de publicitate — person whose job is to publicize
  • Russian: специали́ст/аге́нт по печа́ти и рекла́ме (specialíst/agént po pečáti i rekláme) — person whose job is to publicize
  • Belarusian: публіцы́ст (publicýst) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Belarusian: публіцы́стка (publicýstka) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Bulgarian: публици́ст (publicíst) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Bulgarian: публици́стка (publicístka) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政論家 /政论家 (zhènglùnjiā) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Czech: publicista — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Czech: publicistka — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • French: publiciste — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • German: Publizist — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • German: Publizistin — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Hungarian: közíró — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Hungarian: publicista — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Italian: pubblicista — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: publisist — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: publisist — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Polish: publicysta — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Polish: publicystka — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Romanian: publicist — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Romanian: publicistă — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Russian: публици́ст (publicíst) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Russian: публици́стка (publicístka) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Spanish: publicista — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Ukrainian: публіци́ст (publicýst) — a journalist who focusses on politics
  • Ukrainian: публіци́стка (publicýstka) — a journalist who focusses on politics
Real reading context

publicist in complete knowledge articles