US /ˈpoʊstɚ/
noun verb Freq #6342

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A large printed sheet, often with a picture, put up on a wall to advertise something or for decoration.

    She put up a poster of her favourite band on her bedroom wall.

  2. 2
    verb

    To cover or decorate a surface with posters.

    The students postered the campus walls before the concert.

  3. 3
    noun

    A person who posts a message online.

    Several posters left the forum after the argument.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a large printed sheet,... posting
Word family
Forms posters
Derived forms billposterfly-posterfour-posteropoverposterposterboardposteretteposteriseposterishposteristposterizationposterize

Etymology

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

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