newsy

English

Etymology

From news +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːzi

Adjective

newsy (comparative newsier, superlative newsiest)

1. Containing lots of news; informative.
2. Chatty, gossipy.

Derived terms

• newsily
• newsiness

Noun

newsy (plural newsies)

1. (informal, chiefly US) Someone selling newspapers; a newsboy. [from 19th c.]
2. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A journalist, especially a reporter. [from 20th c.]
   • 2006, Stuart Allan, Online News: Journalism And The Internet, page 61:

     Taken together, these websites resembled something of a first-person news network, a collective form of collaborative news-gathering. Ordinary people were transforming into 'amateur newsies', […]

   • 2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 7:

     “Love life among the grown-ups, better ask a newsie, you really want to know. Those guys get around.”

Anagrams

• Wynes, wynes