BILLBOARD Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of billboard

as in ad

a large sign for advertisements that is next to a road, on the side of a building, etc.

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verb

as in to bulletin

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Noun

The billboards feature a photo of Elhosseiny with the viral photo of Holmes in a black turtleneck that promotes Just Blood. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 Eventually, the interior fell largely vacant and the exterior acquired a second skin of billboards, effectively converting it into a scaffolding for ads. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

Verb

White grew up in Brooklyn, and watched a rotating stream of Calvin Klein models grace that billboard his whole life. — Staff Author, People.com, 27 June 2025 The artist billboards that pop up in the lead up to Coachella often establish a sense of optimism for the performances in store for the weekend. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for billboard

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Noun

Jolly’s remarks came shortly after his campaign began airing a new ad that political experts and some within his party argue is leaning into racial stereotypes about Black men.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Co-existence with extraterrestrials has seen humans revert to old habits of prejudice and apartheid; crime and corruption are rampant as ever; pop-up ads now irksomely manifest as holograms in your personal space.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of ad

Verb

Messages tacked to bulletin boards and written on dressing room blackboards conveyed the spirit of the team.

— Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2022
Viewers are asked to respond to prompts based on works on view in the show by scribbling notes or making sketches on brightly colored pieces of paper, and pinning them to bulletin boards.

— Steven Litt, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2021

Definition of bulletin

Noun

Around $40 million in Republican spending has gone toward negative advertisements, compared to only around $20 million from Democrats.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Around $40 million in Republican spending has gone toward negative advertisements, compared with around $20 million from Democrats.

— Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertisement

Verb

About three-quarters of Pennsylvanians live in counties that use flat-fee arrangements or cap the amount a lawyer can bill for a case.

— Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026
The filmmakers bill it as a film less about cracking a murder than about the ordinary days that come after a devastating loss.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of bill

Noun

Since Elon Musk’s purchase of the platform in 2022, the founder has publicly stated that his goal is to make the app’s algorithm — and people’s feeds — free of political bias and more equitable for conservative posters.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
The poster and key image from the film is a smiling snapshot of Mihai and Lisbet with their children, a seemingly happy family.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of poster

Verb

Despite being published nearly fifty years later, Love Days tolls the same alarm bells as The Story of Avis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Church bells tolled across the country when Leo’s charter flight landed at Paris’ Orly airport, and more than a million people are expected to turn out to see him.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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