pamphlet

noun

pam·​phlet ˈpam(p)-flət 

: an unbound printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover

Synonyms

• booklet
• brochure
• circular
• flyer
• flier
• folder
• leaflet

Examples of pamphlet in a Sentence

pamphlets about common safety precautions that we all can put into use

Recent Examples on the Web

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives From Wynkyn de Worde’s printing of 15th-century bestsellers to Nancy Cunard’s avant-garde pamphlets produced on her small press in Normandy, this is a celebration of the book with the people put back in. —Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024

The pamphlets, magazines, and letters spread news across the region and drew new recruits to anti-imperial causes. —Adom Getachew, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021

When Japan surrendered in August 1945, a local radio station hired her to drop 56,000 pamphlets, heralding the war's end, on the city. —Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2016

That sculpture, part of The Wolfsonian collection, is displayed next to the pamphlet. —Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English pamflet unbound booklet, from Pamphilus seu De Amore Pamphilus or On Love, popular Latin love poem of the 12th century

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

pamphlet

noun

pam·​phlet ˈpam(p)-flət 

: a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover