Standard Lemma guide

tweeter

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈtwitɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːtə/
  • rhymes with -iːtə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who or that which makes a tweeting noise.

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

One who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: social media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: twitterer, tweep

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A poster on a microblogging social networking service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Qualifier: social media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of tweeter (“Twitter user”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the sound system had both tweeters and woofers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system

History

Etymology

From to tweet + -er.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: diskanttikaiutin — An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound
  • French: haut-parleur d’aigus — An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound
  • Macedonian: високотонец (visokotonec) — An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound
  • Arabic: مُغَرِّد (muḡarrid) — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Finnish: twiittaaja — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • French: twitteur — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • French: twitteuse — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • French: twitto — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Galician: tuiteiro — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Galician: tuiteira — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Georgian: ტვიტერელი (ṭviṭereli) — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Georgian: მტვიტავი (mṭviṭavi) — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • German: Twitterer — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • German: Twitterin — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Japanese: ツイッタラー — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Macedonian: твитерџија (tviterdžija) — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Macedonian: твитерџика (tviterdžika) — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Polish: twitterianin — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Polish: twitterianka — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Portuguese: tuiteiro — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Portuguese: tuiteira — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Spanish: tuitero — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Spanish: tuitera — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Ukrainian: твітеря́нин (tviterjányn) — One who posts tweets on Twitter
  • Ukrainian: твітеря́нка (tviterjánka) — One who posts tweets on Twitter