paparazzi

[pah-puh-raht-see, pah-pah-raht-tsee] / ˌpɑ pəˈrɑt si, ˌpɑ pɑˈrɑt tsi /

NOUN

photographers

Synonyms

STRONG

paparazzo shutterbug

WEAK

cameraperson celebrity photographer freelance photographer

Example Sentences

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In 2011, Spelling was involved in a crash with her children in a vehicle that she said was prompted by paparazzi.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

In addition to the emotional space that Nashville afforded her, there was another very exciting upside to living in the Tennessee city that Simpson enjoyed: no paparazzi.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Both brothers’ decisions are driven in part by an identical desire: to avoid inflicting on their own families a repeat of their own childhood trauma of seeing their mother chased to her death by paparazzi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The paparazzi cameras that followed him and Church around are long gone and it's a quieter pace of life, but one that suits Henson.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Heads snap in my direction with the sound of a hundred paparazzi cameras.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson