Phrase guide

spread the word

verb · 1 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To tell a lot of people; to inform as many people as one can.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: levittää sanaa — tell a lot of people
  • French: passer le mot — tell a lot of people
  • German: weitersagen — tell a lot of people
  • German: weiterverbreiten — tell a lot of people
  • Polish: rozpowiadać — tell a lot of people
  • Polish: rozpowiedzieć — tell a lot of people
  • Spanish: pasar la voz — tell a lot of people
  • Spanish: correr la voz — tell a lot of people
  • Spanish: difundir el mensaje — tell a lot of people