Synonyms of blurbs

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noun

plural of blurb

as in messages

a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it

a blurb on a book jacket

Related Words

• messages
• postings
• brochures
• words
• pitches
• announcements
• advertisements
• signs
• reports
• posters
• billings
• commercials
• spots
• bulletins
• ads
• notices
• advertisings
• newscasts
• communiqués
• releases
• notifications
• billboards
• flyers
• adverts
• come-ons
• handbills
• declarations
• circulars
• handouts
• playbills
• placards
• plugs
• gazettes
• proclamations
• pronouncements
• broadsides
• bills
• broadcasts
• promos
• campaigns
• show bills
• communications
• promotions
• dispatches
• telecasts
• plugolas
• fly sheets
• cablecasts
• publicities
• promulgations
• rescripts
• pronunciamentos
• edicts
• annunciations
• propagandas
• significations
• boosts
• buildups
• ballyhoos

blurbs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blurb

as in features

Related Words

• features
• bulletins
• rings
• reports
• puffs
• plugs
• disseminates
• tolls
• promotes
• gazettes
• posts
• reveals
• pitches
• billboards
• knells
• divulges
• calls (off or out)
• discloses
• bills
• spreads
• barks
• shows
• manifests
• publishes
• kithes
• advertises
• proclaims
• cries
• blares
• informs
• broadcasts
• apprises
• announces
• promulgates
• publicizes
• notifies
• hands down
• introduces
• sounds
• trumpets
• flashes
• intimates
• placards
• heralds
• advises
• releases
• imparts
• annunciates
• gives out
• declares
• blazons
• enunciates
• blazes
• communicates

Dissimilar Words

• silences
• conceals
• withholds
• suppresses
• recalls
• retracts
• hushes (up)
• revokes
• recants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blurbs

Noun

The next email had a slick poster promoting the Zoom event, with the book cover as the backdrop and blurbs from the Economist and other publications. — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026

Pique, a digital newsletter of mostly photos and short blurbs that publishes monthly. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Throughout the bar are blurbs of information on cases and criminals, researched by Rose and the team. — Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

What’s more, none of those spaces are traditionally edited—as both of us are aware, having both had Indie Next blurbs go to print with typos. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

The Downshift sums up stories in short blurbs with links to the source for the full report. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026

There was a prefatory letter by Archibald MacLeish, a professor at Harvard and a former Librarian of Congress, and an introduction by Mark Schorer, a professor of English at Berkeley, along with blurbs from other eminent men of letters. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

The book carried blurbs from prominent journalists, including Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic’s chief executive, and a foreword by Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize–winning reporter from the Philippines. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 May 2026

The blurbs below come courtesy of the AFI Fest team. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025