message board

noun

1

: a board or sign on which messages or notices are displayed

an electronic message board

2

: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages or to post or download files and that is accessed by computer over a network (such as the Internet)

Even as bullpen problems loom …, they haven't spawned the typical degree of urgency and panic on Internet message boards and sports radio shows.

—Bill Simmons

Examples of message board in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Morrissey typically checks in with fans through the message board on his Morrissey Central website. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2026

Antisemitic ideas move through anonymous message boards and hard-to-trace platforms. —Bracey Harris, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026

They’ve also been known to read internal Slack message boards to pick up on corporate lingo and acronyms and to find out who to target for permissions to systems. —Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Jan. 2026

When Cakarel founded the company in 2007, Mubi was primarily known as a message board for hard-core cinephiles to discuss their favorite directors. —Will Tavlin, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for message board

• particleboard
• phonorecord
• underinsured
• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard

Kids Definition

message board

noun

: bulletin board sense 2