Synonyms of mail

mail 1 of 2

noun

ˈmāl 

as in correspondence

communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system

began receiving lots of mail after he became known as a frequent donor to charities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correspondence
• letter
• message
• package
• card
• post
• parcel post
• matter
• snail mail
• airmail
• shipment
• mailer
• postcard
• certified mail
• registered mail
• direct mail
• rural delivery
• special delivery
• special handling
• dispatch
• junk mail
• note
• missive
• epistle
• printed matter
• postal card
• rural free delivery
• bundle
• airpost

mail

2 of 2

verb

as in to post

to send through the postal system

if you don't mail that letter soon, it's going to arrive late

Synonyms & Similar Words

• post
• address
• forward
• ship
• transmit
• dispatch
• route
• airmail
• register
• frank
• transport
• direct
• remit
• consign

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• get
• receive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mail

Noun

The county’s purchase of a third mail sorting machine, Logan said, also helped workers to more quickly process the massive influx of ballot envelopes that voters drop off at vote centers or in drop boxes on election day. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

Two states – Arkansas and Tennessee – have enacted laws that would ban conglomerates from simultaneously managing prescription benefits and running retail and mail-order pharmacies. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Verb

Election administrators and voting rights advocates have been advising voters casting late absentee ballots to use drop boxes or deliver them to polling places in person rather than mail them. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Robin Martin is charged with conveying a hoax and mailing threatening communications. — Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Phrases Containing mail

• mail carrier
• snail mail