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placard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of placard

a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place
  • a placard announcing a campaign rally at the downtown plaza
Synonyms of placard

bill, poster
Words Related to placard

billboard, sign, signboard

broadside, flyer (also flier), handbill, handout, playbill, show bill

ad, advertisement, announcement, bulletin, dispatch, release

placard

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of placard

1 to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place
  • placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board
Synonyms of placard

post
Words Related to placard

nail, plaster, tack (up)

advertise, announce, bill, blaze, broadcast, call, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish
Near Antonyms of placard

remove, take down
2 to make known openly or publicly
  • placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood
Synonyms of placard

advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpet
Words Related to placard

bark, call (off or out), cry

bill, billboard, bulletin

knell, ring, toll

blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff

disseminate, spread

disclose, divulge, introduce, manifest, report, reveal, show

advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify

communicate, impart, intimate
Phrases Synonymous with placard

beat the drum (for or about), run with
Near Antonyms of placard

conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold

recall, recant, retract, revoke

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