Standard Lemma guide

poster

name · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈpoʊstɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊstə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P OW1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

One who posts a message.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Qualifier: Australian rules football

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

Examples

  • We got three posters in the third and lost.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A dunk over a defending player.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A posthorse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A swift traveller; a courier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To decorate with posters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to poster the walls of a bedroom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: post horse, post-horse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: horse, Equus caballus

12

noun

Meaning 12

a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a poster advertised the coming attractions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: posting, placard, notice, bill, card

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sign

Narrower terms: show bill, show card, theatrical poster, flash card, flashcard

13

noun

Meaning 13

someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bill poster, bill sticker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worker

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin postisbor. Old English post Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poster From post + -er.

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

Across languages

Translations

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: афі́ша (afíša) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Bulgarian: афи́ш (afíš) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Bulgarian: обя́ва (objáva) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Catalan: pòster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Chinese Mandarin: 招貼 /招贴 (zhāotiē) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Cornish: skrisel — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Czech: plakát — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Dutch: poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Dutch: affiche — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Esperanto: afiŝo — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Finnish: juliste — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • French: poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • French: affiche — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Georgian: პოსტერი (ṗosṭeri) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Georgian: აფიშა (apiša) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Georgian: პლაკატი (ṗlaḳaṭi) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • German: Poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • German: Affiche — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Greek: αφίσα (afísa) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Hebrew: כְּרָזָה (krazá) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Hindi: पोस्टर (posṭar) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Hindi: इश्तहार (iśtahār) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Hindi: प्लैकर्ड (plaikarḍ) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Hungarian: poszter — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Indonesian: poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Irish: póstaer — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Italian: immagine di muro — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Italian: poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Japanese: ポスター (posutā) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Korean: 포스터 (poseuteo) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Malay: gantungan — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Manx: posteyr — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plakat — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: plakat — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Iranian Persian: پوسْتِر (poster) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Plautdietsch: Zadel — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Polish: plakat — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Polish: afisz — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Portuguese: cartaz — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Russian: по́стер (póstɛr) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Russian: афи́ша (afíša) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Scottish Gaelic: postair — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Spanish: cartel — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Spanish: póster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Spanish: afiche — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Swedish: affisch — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Swedish: plansch — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Swedish: poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Turkish: poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Turkish: afiş — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Ottoman Turkish: پوستر (poster) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Ottoman Turkish: آفیش (afiş) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Ukrainian: афі́ша (afíša) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Ukrainian: по́стер (póster) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Urdu: اِشْتِہار (iśtihār) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Urdu: پِلے کارْڈ (pile kārḍ) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Urdu: پوسْٹَر (posṭar) — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Vietnamese: bích chương — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Vietnamese: áp phích — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Walloon: afitche — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Welsh: poster — picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Albanian: afishe — advertisement — see also placard
  • Arabic: مُلْصَق (mulṣaq) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Arabic: أَفِيش (ʔafīš) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Belarusian: плака́т (plakát) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Belarusian: пляка́т (pljakát) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Belarusian: афі́ша (afíša) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Bulgarian: плака́т (plakát) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Burmese: ပိုစတာ (puica.ta) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Catalan: cartell — advertisement — see also placard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海報 /海报 (hǎibào) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 招貼 /招贴 (zhāotiē) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 標語 /标语 (biāoyǔ) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Crimean Tatar: afişa — advertisement — see also placard
  • Czech: plakát — advertisement — see also placard
  • Esperanto: afiŝo — advertisement — see also placard
  • Finnish: juliste — advertisement — see also placard
  • Finnish: mainosjuliste — advertisement — see also placard
  • French: affiche — advertisement — see also placard
  • French: poster — advertisement — see also placard
  • Georgian: პლაკატი (ṗlaḳaṭi) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Georgian: აფიშა (apiša) — advertisement — see also placard
  • German: Plakat — advertisement — see also placard
  • German: Anschlag — advertisement — see also placard
  • German: Poster — advertisement — see also placard
  • German: Affiche — advertisement — see also placard
  • Greek: αφίσα (afísa) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Hungarian: plakát — advertisement — see also placard
  • Irish: póstaer — advertisement — see also placard
  • Italian: manifesto — advertisement — see also placard
  • Italian: locandina — advertisement — see also placard
  • Japanese: ポスター (posutā) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Korean: 포스터 (poseuteo) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Manx: posteyr — advertisement — see also placard
  • Mongolian: зурагт хуудас (zuragt xuudas) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Mongolian: зарлал (zarlal) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plakat — advertisement — see also placard
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: plakat — advertisement — see also placard
  • Iranian Persian: پوسْتِر (poster) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Iranian Persian: پِلاکارْد (pelâkârd) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Plautdietsch: Zadel — advertisement — see also placard
  • Polish: plakat — advertisement — see also placard
  • Polish: afisz — advertisement — see also placard
  • Portuguese: cartaz — advertisement — see also placard
  • Portuguese: propaganda — advertisement — see also placard
  • Romanian: afiș — advertisement — see also placard
  • Romanian: poster — advertisement — see also placard
  • Russian: плака́т (plakát) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Russian: афи́ша (afíša) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Russian: по́стер (póstɛr) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Scottish Gaelic: postair — advertisement — see also placard
  • Spanish: cartel — advertisement — see also placard
  • Spanish: pasquín — advertisement — see also placard
  • Spanish: afiche — advertisement — see also placard
  • Swedish: anslag — advertisement — see also placard
  • Swedish: plakat — advertisement — see also placard
  • Swedish: affisch — advertisement — see also placard
  • Thai: โปสเตอร์ (bpóot-dtə̂ə) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Turkish: afiş — advertisement — see also placard
  • Ukrainian: плака́т (plakát) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Ukrainian: афі́ша (afíša) — advertisement — see also placard
  • Uzbek: plakat — advertisement — see also placard
  • Vietnamese: bích chương — advertisement — see also placard
  • Walloon: afitche — advertisement — see also placard
  • Welsh: poster — advertisement — see also placard
  • Esperanto: afiŝanto — internet: one who posts a message
  • Esperanto: afiŝinto — internet: one who posts a message
  • Esperanto: uzanto — internet: one who posts a message
  • Finnish: postaaja — internet: one who posts a message
  • Georgian: გამომქვეყნებელი (gamomkveq̇nebeli) — internet: one who posts a message
  • Georgian: დამპოსტავი (damṗosṭavi) — internet: one who posts a message
  • Irish: postálaí — internet: one who posts a message
  • Spanish: publicador — internet: one who posts a message
  • Welsh: postiwr — internet: one who posts a message
  • Bulgarian: греда́ (gredá) — shot that hits a goalpost
  • Finnish: tolppa — shot that hits a goalpost
  • Finnish: tolppalaukaus — shot that hits a goalpost
  • German: Pfosten — shot that hits a goalpost
  • Norwegian: stangskudd — shot that hits a goalpost
  • Swedish: stolpe ut — shot that hits a goalpost
  • Swedish: stolpskott — shot that hits a goalpost
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