Synonyms of post

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noun (1)

chiefly British

as in mail

communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system

the post always comes at tea time

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

post

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noun (2)

1

as in job

a specific task with which a person or group is charged

selling lemonade was my post at the church fair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• job
• assignment
• mission
• brief
• detail
• duty
• operation
• responsibility
• requirement
• work
• office
• business
• obligation
• promise
• need
• charge
• commission
• nomination
• appointment
• errand
• labor
• burden
• chore
• designation
• commitment
• pledge
• restraint
• compulsion
• constraint

2

as in position

the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain

he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• position
• station
• job
• quarter
• brief
• assignment
• detail
• operation
• business
• charge

3

as in place

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay

she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• job
• position
• place
• employment
• situation
• appointment
• employ
• function
• posting
• capacity
• connection
• berth
• office
• billet
• work
• career
• profession
• spot
• occupation
• calling
• business
• vocation
• task
• trade
• practice
• living
• duty
• service
• pursuit
• mission
• engagement
• racket
• gig
• line
• livelihood
• practise
• lifework

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unemployment
• avocation
• joblessness

• unemployment
• avocation
• joblessness

post

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noun (3)

as in column

an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure

hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• column
• pilaster
• pillar
• stanchion
• pier
• piling
• needle
• flying buttress
• caryatid
• buttress
• obelisk
• pedestal
• pile

post

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verb (1)

1

as in to publish

to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place

the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board

Synonyms & Similar Words

• publish
• announce
• placard
• broadcast
• nail
• bill
• publicize
• promulgate
• advertise
• proclaim
• plaster
• declare
• call
• tack (up)
• blaze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remove
• take down

• remove
• take down

2

as in to announce

to make known openly or publicly

posted the students' grades

Synonyms & Similar Words

• publish
• announce
• proclaim
• declare
• advertise
• report
• promulgate
• broadcast
• publicize
• run with
• release
• disclose
• placard
• bulletin
• give out
• flash
• herald
• reveal
• trumpet
• blurb
• beat the drum (for or about)
• sound
• promote
• blare
• feature
• show
• enunciate
• blaze
• disseminate
• spread
• annunciate
• bill
• billboard
• bark
• introduce
• cry
• blazon
• gazette
• ring
• inform
• divulge
• notify
• toll
• puff
• call (off or out)
• hand down
• manifest
• impart
• plug
• knell
• communicate
• kithe
• advise
• apprise
• intimate
• pitch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recall
• withhold
• conceal
• silence
• suppress
• revoke
• retract
• hush (up)
• recant

• recall
• withhold
• conceal
• silence
• suppress
• revoke
• retract
• hush (up)
• recant

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post

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verb (2)

as in to place

to assign to a place or position

the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• place
• detail
• station
• position
• set
• appoint

post

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verb (3)

as in to mail

to send through the postal system

be sure to post the letter this afternoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• get
• receive

• get
• receive

Phrases Containing post

• command post
• parcel post

• command post
• parcel post