Synonyms of platform

platform

noun

ˈplat-ˌfȯrm 

1

as in podium

a level usually raised surface

you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• podium
• stand
• pulpit
• stage
• dais
• tribune
• rostrum
• altar
• balcony
• scaffold
• riser
• bima
• bimah
• gallery
• footpace

2

as in forum

a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information

for years the publisher has used his newspaper as a platform for his extreme political conservatism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forum
• venue
• outlet
• medium
• showcase
• soapbox
• conduit
• pipeline
• channel
• stage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of platform

But Netflix is increasingly one of the only major streamers to lean on the binge model, with other streamers each honing their own approaches over time in the post-COVID boom when so many platforms launched at once in a race to catch Netflix. —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 May 2025

But in the post-pandemic reassessment of streaming, when revenue per user became Wall Street’s preferred metric for assessing success in the sector (rather than sub growth at any cost), U.S. studios and platforms began speaking much less frequently about their original content ambitions in Africa. —Kevin Cassidy, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025

This year, Just for Laughs is partnering with Rob McElhenney and his More Better Productions on an initiative geared to writers, Will Arnett and his Electric Avenue banner on a shorts and pilots platform, and YouTube sketch-comedy stars Smosh on a program for social media creators. —Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 May 2025

Heiss’s bed would be a platform floating in a room, with no clutter around it; the only other objects would be a curved lamp and a cabinet to hold Heiss’s linen shirts and trousers. —Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025