poster
/ˈpoʊstɚ/
poster noun: a picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
Noun (1)
poster (plural posters)
- A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
- He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
- An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
- I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.
- One who posts a message.
- Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
- A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
- A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
- We got three posters in the third and lost.
- A dunk over a defending player.
Verb
poster (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)
- To decorate with posters.
- to poster the walls of a bedroom
Noun (2)
poster (plural posters)
- A posthorse.
- we whirled along with four posters at a gallop1854, Charles Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad
- A swift traveller; a courier.
- posters of the sea and landc. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Proper noun capitalized: Poster
Poster
- A surname.
poster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
poster in Hindi
- picture intended to be attached to a wall
- पोस्टर posṭar, इश्तहार iśtahār, प्लैकर्ड plaikarḍ
poster in Tamil
- பொதிப்பு, விளம்பரம், விளம்பரத்தட்டி
poster in Marathi
- पोस्टर, भित्तीपत्रक
poster in Urdu
- picture intended to be attached to a wall
- اِشْتِہار iśtihār, پِلے کارْڈ pile kārḍ, پوسْٹَر posṭar
More languagesFewer languages
- poster in Bengali
- প্রাচীরপত্র
- poster in Telugu
- పోస్టరు, పోస్టర్
- poster in Malayalam
- പരസ്യം parasyaṁ
- poster in Kannada
- ಗೋಡೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಂಟಿಸಿರುವ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆ, ಭಿತ್ತಿಪತ್ರ, ಗೋಡೆತಿಟ್ಟ, ಗೋಡೆಯೋಲೆ
- poster in Punjabi
- ਪੋਸਟਰ
- poster in Gujarati
- પોસ્ટર
- poster in Odia
- ପୋଷ୍ଟର୍, ପୋଷ୍ଟର
- poster in Nepali
- पोस्टर
- poster in Arabic
- مُلْصَق mulṣaq, أَفِيش ʔafīš
- poster in Malay
- gantungan
- poster in Indonesian
- poster
- poster in Thai
- โปสเตอร์ bpóot-dtə̂ə
- poster in Vietnamese
- bích chương, áp phích
- poster in Myanmar
- ပိုစတာ puica.ta
Examples of poster in a sentence
- Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.
- Do you have any card? I want to make a poster.
- Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.
Forms of poster
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | posters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | posters |
| present participle | postering |
| past participle | postered |
| past | postered |
Origin of poster
From post + -er.
From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).
Words formed from poster
- big-character poster
- billposter
- fly-poster
- four-poster
- OP
- overposter
- posterboard
- poster boy
- poster child
- poster color
- posterette
- poster girl
- posterise
- posterish
- posterist
- posterization
- posterize
- posterlike
- poster paint
- poster session
- poster stamp
- postery
- schizoposter
- shitposter
- top-poster
- wanted poster
Phrases with poster
Words that rhyme with poster
Questions about poster
- What does poster mean?
- Poster means a picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
- What is poster in Hindi?
- Poster in Hindi is पोस्टर (posṭar), इश्तहार (iśtahār), प्लैकर्ड (plaikarḍ). See Poster meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is poster?
- Poster can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce poster?
- Poster is pronounced /ˈpoʊstɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of poster?
- The plural of poster is posters.
Words near poster in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poster (page history and authors); Poster (page history and authors); poster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poster (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പരസ്യം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); poster (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poster (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poster (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poster (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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