Synonyms of publicized

publicized 1 of 2

adjective

as in published

Related Words

• published
• advertised
• proclaimed
• aired
• posted
• announced
• disclosed
• broadcast
• declared
• heralded
• promulgated
• divulged
• widespread
• prevalent
• spotlighted
• unclassified
• well-known
• rife
• current
• shared
• nonclassified
• popular
• general
• reported
• communal
• public
• reputed
• rumored
• open

Dissimilar Words

• private
• confidential
• classified
• secret
• privy
• undisclosed
• clandestine
• unannounced
• covert
• unadvertised
• personal
• conspiratorial
• collusive
• surreptitious
• withheld
• intimate
• undercover
• underhanded
• concealed
• suppressed
• reserved
• revoked
• repressed
• underhand
• retracted
• stifled
• silenced
• recanted

publicized

2 of 2

verb

past tense of publicize

1

as in promoted

to provide publicity for

the movie studios widely publicized their summer blockbusters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoted
• sold
• announced
• touted
• advertised
• hyped
• ballyhooed
• published
• plugged
• praised
• pitched
• boosted
• endorsed
• pushed
• reviewed
• talked up
• hailed
• lauded
• acclaimed
• beat the drum (for)
• recommended
• broadcast
• barked
• merchandised
• plonked (for)
• plumped (for)
• plunked (for)

2

as in announced

to make known openly or publicly

the city hasn't done a good job of publicizing the new regulations for its recycling operation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announced
• published
• declared
• proclaimed
• advertised
• promulgated
• posted
• disclosed
• released
• trumpeted
• broadcast
• heralded
• promoted
• revealed
• reported
• enunciated
• disseminated
• blared
• blazoned
• placarded
• ran with
• flashed
• sounded
• gave out
• blazed
• annunciated
• introduced
• beat the drum (for or about)
• spread
• informed
• featured
• showed
• divulged
• notified
• called (off or out)
• cried
• billed
• manifested
• barked
• gazetted
• communicated
• bulletined
• rang
• imparted
• intimated
• apprised
• billboarded
• puffed
• tolled
• plugged
• blurbed
• handed down
• kithed
• advised
• pitched
• knelled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• withheld
• concealed
• silenced
• recalled
• revoked
• retracted
• hushed (up)
• recanted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of publicized

Adjective

These are two of the more publicized stories of his generosity and attachment to Louisville, but 2X says the support Miller has offered the city goes well beyond the Robertson and Tyus families. — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025

The board of directors then pushed Haney out as CEO amid highly publicized quarreling. — Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025

Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey, whose office oversaw the highly publicized, incredibly expensive, and ultimately unsuccessful prosecution of Karen Read, has drawn at least three Democratic challengers to his job. — Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025

Verb

Disorganized and under-publicized, the event was underwhelming, Hardin said. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Tallulah reflected on her father’s health in an essay for Vogue shortly after the diagnosis was publicized. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026

Immigration enforcement operations have become more targeted and less publicized in 2026, but remain more prevalent than in years past. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026

The president secretly flying in a second plane has been publicized before, such as during former President Bill Clinton’s March 2000 trip to Islamabad, Pakistan. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026

Multilingual ads publicized the product’s availability, doctors and nurses advised parents on child-rearing, and careful recordkeeping aimed at assessing the program’s health benefits. — Leslie Lenkowsky, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

The antisemitic vandalism crimes were known and widely publicized. — Rachel Sales, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Although many social media influencers have publicized severe side effects from vaccines, side effects are overwhelmingly mild. — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

The research was led by Serena Tucci, assistant professor of anthropology at Yale University, whose work was publicized in a university press release on June 30. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026