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

The colossal billboards by the side of highways advertising legal representation. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026 Billy was famous for selling space on his body as a billboard. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 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

Another independent expenditure group, ImpactCT, is spending on digital ads and mailers in support of Bronin that touch on the same themes around corporate PAC money, as well as his support for a ban on congressional stock trading.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
New Amazon Music subscribers using a Galaxy tablet or phone are eligible for three months of ad-free music, podcasts and one audiobook a month, for free.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 25 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

This move follows New York's new synthetic performer disclosure law, effective June 9, which penalizes undisclosed AI use in advertisements.

— Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
In another project in Cote d'Ivoire, BIO Ventures helped create a public awareness campaign with video advertisements on commuter buses, encouraging men to get regular screenings for prostate cancer.

— Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 25 July 2026

Definition of advertisement

Verb

How to bill for services remains a topic—if not, the topic—of interest across the A&D industry.

— Architectural Digest, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026
If not, the city will go onto their land, take down the tree and bill the property owner for the cost of removing it.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of bill

Noun

But in this age of instant social media images swirling across the globe, the red carpet — and the images generated from it — has become as vital a part of a movie’s marketing campaign as any film poster or preview.

— Alex Badia, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Let’s face it ownership isn’t exactly on the NFL’s marketing poster.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of poster

Verb

Sara Nelson, a Democrat who had advertised her willingness to challenge the harm-reduction consensus, won a seat on the city council the same year and became its president two years later.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
The shooting occurred after a 311 complaint warned the city a week earlier that social media posts were advertising plans to serve alcohol at an unlicensed business without a liquor license.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of advertise

Verb

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
George’s arrival was celebrated with gun salutes, and bells at Westminster Abbey—where William and Kate had married over two years prior on April 29, 2011—tolled continuously for three hours in celebration of the future king’s arrival.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 July 2026

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