INTERVIEWER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

interviewer

noun

ˈin-tər-ˌvyü-ər

Definition of interviewer

as in inquirer

a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service

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Recent Examples of interviewer The interviewer, suppressing a laugh, notes that his daughter has entered his office. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 From this interviewer’s perspective, Diaz appears remarkably good-humored on the eve of his publicity whirlwind. — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026 Red carpet interviewers have not yet been announced by MTV, but Snoop Dogg is set to host the main spectacle at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026 He got fingerprinted, but 10 minutes into his intake interview, his interviewer told him he was disqualified, solely because his 29th birthday had passed. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interviewer

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Noun

In the performance & results phase, your role is that of an inquirer.

— Rodney C. Adkins, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

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The polling failure will serve to give further ammunition to the Brazilian right and the Bolsonaro camp, which have long alleged that the nation's leading pollsters turn in work biased in favor of Lula and his Workers Party.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Alaska’s general election will also feature another candidate named Dan Sullivan, creating an unusual ballot issue that the Times said prompted pollsters to specify that respondents were being asked about the incumbent.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of pollster

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