MAILS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

mails 1 of 2

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

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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

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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

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 Some retailers have begun charging small flat fees for returns, even when a customer mails an item back at their own expense. —

Lauren Beitelspacher, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2025 Social Security typically mails COLA notices for the next year throughout the entire month of December. —

Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025 So, while a paying customer willing to spend $100 on a coin bundle will typically receive around 100 Sweeps Coins as a bonus, the non-paying customer who mails in a postcard is capped at 5 Sweeps Coins – a nominal amount. —

Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mails

Noun

Even in the absence of any proven crime committed by Tisch, even in the naivest retelling or understanding of Tisch’s correspondences with Epstein, his unacceptable relationship with this man deserves censure.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Oppenheimer relied on past news stories about Blume, as well as a collection of her work and professional correspondences that are archived at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and, probably most informatively, his own interviews with Blume and her friends and family.

— Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026