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

The media scene that covered Villaraigosa back then is vastly diminished, with young people now getting news from TikTok videos, message boards or Instagram posts. —Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026

Electronic message boards will also be deployed by the City of Fort Worth to assist with traffic management in the area. —Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026

Pro-Iranian hackers openly discuss their plans in Telegram and other online message boards. —ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026

Think of your stereotypical community message board on a certain topic. —Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026

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