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publish

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of publish

1 to produce and release for distribution in printed form
  • our local animal shelter publishes a newsletter
Synonyms of publish

get out, issue, print, put out
Words Related to publish

copublish

reissue, reprint, republish

serialize

contribute, edit, syndicate

manufacture, produce

distribute, market
Phrases Synonymous with publish

come out with
Near Antonyms of publish

censor, suppress
2 to make known openly or publicly
  • will publish the exam scores as soon as they are available
Synonyms of publish

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

bark, call (off or out), cry

bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]

knell, ring, toll

blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff

disseminate, spread

disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show

advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify

communicate, impart, intimate
Phrases Synonymous with publish

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

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

recall, recant, retract, revoke

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