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

Digital billboards displayed across Los Angeles, Denver and New York City also helped announce the news on Monday. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Maas revealed the title and cover news through two back-to-back posts on Instagram as digital billboards simultaneously went up across Los Angeles, Denver and New York City unveiling the news. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Aug. 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboard

Noun

Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Cudi claims that those not close to Ye can’t see the progress he’s made on his mental health; early this year, Ye apologized in an ad taken out of the WSJ in January for his antisemitic behavior.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Sep. 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

James posted a 14-second video on social media platform X that appeared to be an advertisement for Polymarket.

— Lillian Rizzo,Jessica Golden, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
With Ohtani on the marquee, the franchise transformed Dodger Stadium into a money machine covered in Japanese advertisements and mobbed each afternoon by tour groups.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of advertisement

Verb

State officials earlier this month sent separate letters to Tulsa and Oklahoma City threatening to bill the cities for the cleanup efforts costing nearly $900,000 over the past year.

— Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 28 Aug. 2026
Prasad closed Weiss, in Uptown, about a year ago after the federal government said the hospital would no longer be allowed to bill Medicare for services, following a host of issues that included broken air conditioning units.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of bill

Noun

Prime Video also released a teaser poster for the final season (main image, above).

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security and ICE, the immigration and customs agency, have borrowed from video games in their recruitment posters and social-media campaigns.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of poster

Verb

The platform has entered into a deal with BET to develop and distribute microdramas across linear and digital platforms and a pact with National CineMedia to advertise its series in movie theaters.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
The experience sharpened her understanding of the gap between the freedoms advertised to women and those actually available to them.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of advertise

Noun

Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a nursing home after finding German cockroaches in various life stages throughout the facility.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
There are silhouettes of demonstrators holding placards, and the placards are perfectly blank.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of placard

Verb

In the final scene of the season 1 finale, the church bell tolls eight times — meaning that the town is now demanding eight sacrifices to honor the centuries-old pact.

— Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
The video’s moodiness subtly underscores the fact that the lion’s share of these tracks are built on one muffled breakbeat, which tolls like clockwork across the LP.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026

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