Synonyms of mails

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noun

plural of mail

as in correspondences

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

• correspondences
• messages
• letters
• posts
• packages
• cards
• matters
• snail mail
• parcel posts
• shipments
• mailers
• postcards
• airmails
• missives
• notes
• dispatches
• registered mails
• epistles
• special deliveries
• postal cards
• certified mails
• rural deliveries
• bundles
• junk mails
• direct mails
• special handlings
• rural free deliveries
• airposts
• printed matters

mails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mail

as in posts

to send through the postal system

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• posts
• addresses
• ships
• dispatches
• forwards
• transmits
• routes
• registers
• airmails
• consigns
• franks
• transports
• remits
• directs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gets
• receives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mails

Noun

Prosecutors said Graves' body was partially wrapped in black garbage bags secured with duct tape, then rolled up in a rug alongside blankets, bags, pieces of mails, various items of clothing and trash. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026

Tyler has been embedded in the treasurer’s office, which calculates and mails out property tax bills, for years. — Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026

First issue mails within 8 - 10 weeks. — Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026

This worldwide effort mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children under age 5 every month, with a goal of sparking a lifetime love of reading. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025

In the past, only elite researchers had access to their genetic fingerprints, but now personal genotyping is available to anyone who orders the service online and mails in a spit sample. — Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025

Along with some shockingly gruesome slides (lots of intestines and Jack the Ripper–style organ removal), Wallace shares that the New York Ripper is still traumatizing the relatives of his victims by leaving voice-mails taunting them about his brutal crimes. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

Verb

That means even if a ballot is erroneously sent to someone’s past address and the current resident mails it in, there are checks to alert election workers to the foul play. — Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Parton’s Imagination Library mails free, age-appropriate books every month to children from birth to age five. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026

The city typically mails out more than 22,000 copies to residents and distributes about 2,000 copies at city facilities. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Santamour said his organization mails out 400 kits of four doses of naloxone every month across Florida, and the demand hasn’t slowed down in four years. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

The younger, Layla, writes and mails lengthy letters to my dog—not to me or my spouse, but to my forty-five pound blue heeler Galilee. — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026

California, which mails a ballot to every eligible voter, ranks near the top of states in the ease of its elections. — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026

Under such circumstances, the IRS mails a letter or notice alerting the filer of a late fee. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026

As of September 30, the Social Security Administration no longer mails paper benefits, shifting to electronic payments. — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025