noun · 6 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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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/
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CMU ARPABET:P AH1 B L IH0 SH ER0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: publishing house, pubber, pub
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: house
2
noun
Meaning 2
A system or component that allows other components (subscribers) to receive notifications of something, such as an event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: professional, professional person
Narrower terms: Baedeker, Karl Baedeker, Bartlett, John Bartlett, Houghton, Henry Oscar Houghton, Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce, Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, Keith Rupert Murdoch, Ochs, Adolph Simon Ochs
6
noun
Meaning 6
the proprietor of a newspaper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: newspaper publisher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: owner, proprietor
Narrower terms: press lord, Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe, Harris, Benjamin Harris, Hearst, William Randolph Hearst, Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer, Scripps, James Edmund Scripps, Edward Wyllis Scripps
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English publish Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English publisher From publish + -er.
Across languages
Translations
116 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
uitgewer
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Amharic:
አሳታሚ
(ʾäsatami)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Arabic:
دَار نَشْر
(dār našr)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Arabic:
نَاشِر
(nāšir)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Armenian:
հրատարակիչ
(hratarakičʻ)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Armenian:
հրատարակչություն
(hratarakčʻutʻyun)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Azerbaijani:
naşir
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Bashkir:
нәшриәт
(nəşriət)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Basque:
argitaratzaile
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Basque:
argitaletxe
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Belarusian:
выдаве́ц
(vydavjéc)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Belarusian:
выдаве́цтва
(vydavjéctva)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Belarusian:
выдаўні́цтва
(vydawníctva)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Bulgarian:
изда́тел
(izdátel)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Bulgarian:
изда́телка
(izdátelka)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Bulgarian:
изда́телство
(izdátelstvo)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Burmese:
ထုတ်ဝေသူ
(htut-wesu)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Catalan:
editorial
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Catalan:
editor
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Chinese Mandarin:
出版者
(chūbǎn zhě)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Chinese Mandarin:
發行人 /发行人
(fāxíngrén)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Chinese Mandarin:
出版社
(chūbǎnshè)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Czech:
vydavatel
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Czech:
vydavatelka
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Czech:
vydavatelství
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Danish:
forlægger
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Dutch:
uitgever
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Dutch:
uitgeverij
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Esperanto:
eldonejo
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Esperanto:
eldonisto
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Estonian:
kirjastaja
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Finnish:
julkaisija
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Finnish:
kustantaja
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
French:
éditeur
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
French:
maison d’édition
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Galician:
editor
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Galician:
editora
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Galician:
editorial
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Georgian:
გამომცემელი
(gamomcemeli)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
German:
Herausgeber
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
German:
Herausgeberin
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
German:
Verlag
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Greek:
εκδότης
(ekdótis)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Greek:
εκδότρια
(ekdótria)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Gujarati:
પ્રકાશક
(prakāśak)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hebrew:
הוצאה לאור
(hotza'ah la'ór)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hebrew:
מוֹצִיא לָאוֹר
(motsí la'ór)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hindi:
प्रकाशक
(prakāśak)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hindi:
पब्लिशर
(pabliśar)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hungarian:
könyvkiadó
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Hungarian:
kiadó
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Indonesian:
penerbit
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Italian:
editore
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Japanese:
出版社
(shuppansha)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Japanese:
発行者
(hakkou sha)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Kazakh:
баспашы
(baspaşy)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Kazakh:
баспагер
(baspager)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Kazakh:
шығарушы
(şyğaruşy)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Korean:
출판사
(chulpansa)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Northern Kurdish:
weşanger
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Lao:
ຜູ້ພິມ
(phū phim)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Latin:
publicator
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Latin:
editor
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Macedonian:
издавач
(izdavač)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Macedonian:
издавачка
(izdavačka)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Malay:
penerbit
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Māori:
kaiwhakaputa
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Marathi:
प्रकाशक
(prakāśak)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Mongolian:
хэвлэгч
(xevlegč)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Mongolian:
ᠬᠡᠪᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ
(keblegči)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Norwegian Bokmål:
forlegger
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Norwegian Bokmål:
forlag
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Pashto:
ناشر
(nãšer)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Persian:
ناشر
(nâšer)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Polish:
wydawca
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Polish:
wydawczyni
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Polish:
wydawnictwo
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Portuguese:
editor
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Portuguese:
editora
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Portuguese:
editores
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Romanian:
editură
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Russian:
изда́тель
(izdátelʹ)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Russian:
изда́тельница
(izdátelʹnica)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Russian:
изда́тельство
(izdátelʹstvo)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Serbo-Croatian:
изда̀ва̄ч
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Serbo-Croatian:
izdàvāč
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Slovak:
vydavateľ
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Slovak:
vydavateľka
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Slovak:
vydavateľstvo
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Slovene:
založnik
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Slovene:
založnica
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Slovene:
založba
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Spanish:
editor
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Spanish:
editorial
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Spanish:
publicador
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Swedish:
förläggare
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Swedish:
förlag
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Swedish:
utgivare
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Tagalog:
tagapaglathala
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Tajik:
ношир
(nošir)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Telugu:
ప్రచురణకర్త
(pracuraṇakarta)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Thai:
ผู้พิมพ์
(pûu-pim)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Turkish:
yayıncı
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Turkish:
yayımcı
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Ukrainian:
видаве́ць
(vydavécʹ)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Ukrainian:
видавни́к
(vydavnýk)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Ukrainian:
видавни́ця
(vydavnýcja)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Ukrainian:
видавни́цтво
(vydavnýctvo)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Urdu:
ناشر
(nāśir)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Uzbek:
noshir
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Vietnamese:
người xuất bản
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Vietnamese:
nhà xuất bản
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Welsh:
cyhoeddwr
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Welsh:
gwasg
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Yiddish:
פֿאַרלאַג
(farlag)
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
Zhuang:
cuzbanjse
— one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
