Synonyms of publicize

publicize

verb

ˈpə-blə-ˌsīz 

1

as in to promote

to provide publicity for

the movie studios widely publicized their summer blockbusters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promote
• sell
• announce
• advertise
• tout
• publish
• plug
• push
• boost
• merchandise
• hype
• ballyhoo
• pitch
• beat the drum (for)
• talk up
• endorse
• praise
• review
• broadcast
• recommend
• laud
• bark
• hail
• acclaim
• plunk (for)
• plump (for)
• plonk (for)

2

as in to announce

to make known openly or publicly

the city hasn't done a good job of publicizing the new regulations for its recycling operation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announce
• publish
• declare
• proclaim
• advertise
• disclose
• promulgate
• post
• promote
• broadcast
• release
• disseminate
• run with
• herald
• reveal
• enunciate
• give out
• annunciate
• blare
• spread
• report
• flash
• sound
• blaze
• beat the drum (for or about)
• introduce
• placard
• show
• trumpet
• inform
• blazon
• notify
• call (off or out)
• bulletin
• divulge
• feature
• cry
• impart
• bark
• communicate
• apprise
• manifest
• ring
• toll
• bill
• billboard
• gazette
• advise
• plug
• puff
• knell
• blurb
• intimate
• hand down
• kithe
• pitch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conceal
• withhold
• suppress
• silence
• recall
• revoke
• hush (up)
• retract
• recant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of publicize

The docuseries teased first-person interviews from investigative reporters, police investigators, tabloid photographers, and Good Samaritans who were instrumental in publicizing Gadd’s preferences and crimes. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

The North American Board of Reproductive Psychiatry is actively fundraising to mount the first exam and publicizing its work. — Meg Leduc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

Esposito was gearing up for the team’s inaugural season in Florida and was not against finding a way to publicize its launch. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026

In the 1980s and early 1990s, statistically rare instances of strangers abducting white children from public spaces and murdering them became highly publicized. — Daniel Lachance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026