cohost

noun

co·​host (ˌ)kō-ˈhōst 

variants or co-host

plural cohosts or co-hosts

: one of two or more people who host something (such as a television show) together

As cohost of the network's late-night wrap-ups of its Winter Olympics coverage, the effervescent Sullivan drew nothing but encomiums …

—Harry F. Waters

The one-hour show, airing weekday mornings on ABC, includes a 15-minute discussion among the four co-hosts about that day's "hot topics" …

—Josh Young

The third annual West Texas Salute to Veterans has been scheduled … . Co-hosts for the event are Lubbock National Bank and Silent Wings Museum.

—Ray Westbrook

cohost verb, transitive + intransitive

or co-host

Publicly Moscow supports North Korea's demand to cohost the Games.

—Newsweek

So why does he co-host a weekly podcast about American University basketball?

—Dan Steinberg

The sneaker giant is lending its name to what could develop into a massive promotional sporting event co-hosted by the City of Portland, Ore. …

—Melanie Wells

Examples of cohost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Just as The View host Whoopi Goldberg recovered from the flu, her cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin went down for the count. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025

Joy Behar's notoriously interruptive cell phone and her apartment building's elevator that once tried to kidnap her aren't the only mean-spirited presences in The View cohost's life. —EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025

The fellow 2026 World Cup cohosts are a little further down the hierarchy. —Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025

Tinder, a cohost of the night, was making a donation to the ACLU. —Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 9 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cohost

• almost
• engrossed
• foremost
• hindmost
• impost
• inmost
• lamppost
• leftmost
• necrosed
• outpost
• pancoast
• rightmost