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

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

Maybe the publisher changes the jacket design to emphasize themes that resonated with readers, or maybe there are new review blurbs that make the book design pop. — Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026

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

While a lot of today’s blurbs are tongue-in-cheek, this one unequivocally isn’t. — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

The honorees each received blurbs that close friends or collaborators wrote for them. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025

Lines in Reminders lists are often short, quickly jotted-down blurbs rather than lengthy, detailed complex instructions. — ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025

Most blurbs in the top 100 list are repurposed from previous stories. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025