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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Newspaper \News"pa'per\, noun A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
newspaper
noun
1: a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast" [syn: {paper}]
2: a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers" [syn: {paper}, {newspaper publisher}]
3: a newspaper as a physical object; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper" [syn: {paper}]
4: cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; "they used bales of newspaper every day" [syn: {newsprint}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "newspaper": advice, broadcast journalism, daily, daily newspaper, extra, extra edition, gazette, information, intelligence, journalism, magazine, national newspaper, neighborhood newspaper, news, news agency, news medium, news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper of record, newsworthiness, organ, paper, periodical, press association, radio, rag, reportage, review, sheet, special, special edition, tabloid, telegraph agency, television, the fourth estate, the press, tidings, weekly, weekly newspaper, wire service, word
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