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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Recent Examples of billboard

Noun

But his boyish face might never be plastered across TV adverts or the billboards of Times Square in the way his sporting peers are. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Some carried banners and flags, while billboards across the city bore Khamenei’s image. — ABC News, 3 July 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

Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 12 July 2026
Jackson has built perhaps the most versatile social media strategy so far, posting personal video pitches, highlighting an ad campaign, and going on national TV.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 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

People in costumes marched alongside floats with advertisements and extravagantly patriotic decorations.

— Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026
In April, authorities say investigators with the California’s Contractors State License Board’s Statewide Investigative Fraud Team discovered online advertisements offering construction services that did not list a contractor license number.

— Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of advertisement

Verb

At the end of May, the Minnesota Department of Human Services informed 3,411 — 62% of the providers screened — that they were disenrolled and could not bill Medicaid.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 2 July 2026
But in many cases, hospitals can bill insurers at rates that exceed those costs, allowing hospitals to keep the difference and resulting in higher costs to patients.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of bill

Noun

Customers can collect 10 unique items, including individual BT21 character ring clips, a group ship toy, and a poster with stickers.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
If the cheerily rhyming title about murder doesn’t quite do it for you, just Google what the posters look like.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

Definition of poster

Verb

Metro has advertised limited edition tap cards for different countries and leaned into social media to promote public transit during the games.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Some bags advertise waterproof material, while others have water-resistant bottoms or in some cases, no resistance at all.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Definition of advertise

Noun

The placards displayed the women’s aspirations of becoming actors, models, pilots and lawyers — many of whom went on to achieve these dreams.

— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Nena’s Mexican Restaurant was reinspected on Friday, June 26 and passed with a green placard.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of placard

Verb

Bells tolled through the misty Alpine mountain valley as hundreds of priests walked two by two to the altar under a tent to start the service and then again at the end.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Shippers and producers have grown increasingly concerned about the prospect that Iran will seek to toll the strait in future, after the memorandum of understanding signed with the US said only that transit would be free for the duration of its 60-day term.

— Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026

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