postal

adjective

post·​al ˈpō-stᵊl 

1

: of or relating to the mails or the post office

2

: conducted by mail

postal chess

3

: insanely or murderously violent

—usually used in the phrase go postal

Examples of postal in a Sentence

Postal rates are going up.

The city worked to quickly restore postal service.

Recent Examples on the Web

Terrebonne resident Emmanuelle Bossé told public broadcaster CBC Radio-Canada in May her ballot was returned to sender because of an incorrect postal code on the return envelope provided by the national elections commission. —Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025

In a post shared to X on Saturday, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez identified the deceased postal driver as Steven Marks, who was reportedly 58 years old. —David Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025

Messages posing as highway-toll, postal-fee or delivery notices direct recipients to fake payment sites. —Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025

Canada Post resumed mail delivery Saturday after the courier’s postal workers scaled back their nationwide strike. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing postal

• go postal
• postal address
• postal card
• postal order
• postal service
• postal union

Rhymes for postal

• coastal
• intercoastal
• intracoastal

Kids Definition

postal

adjective

post·​al ˈpōs-tᵊl 

: of or relating to mail or to the post office