poster boy

noun

: a male poster child

Examples of poster boy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rock Springs, meanwhile, isn’t far from Laramie, where Matthew Shepard became the casualty of a hate crime in 1998, and the poster boy for a movement that, in the grand scheme, is still only finding its footing. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026

Antonio Bonheur is this week’s poster boy for rampant welfare fraud in Massachusetts. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Mbappe almost became the poster boy for general discontentment as Madrid’s season slipped away following the sacking of Xabi Alonso in January. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 1 July 2026

One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray is back on screens reviving his role as the ultimate millennial poster boy in a new campaign for Bubly promoting the brand’s new nostalgic Melted Ice Pop flavor. — Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for poster boy

• corduroy
• fauntleroy
• iroquois
• ahoy
• alloy
• annoy
• carboy
• convoy
• cowboy
• decoy
• deploy
• destroy