POSTER (poster)
Dictionary entry overview: What does poster mean?
• POSTER (noun)
The noun POSTER has 3 senses:
1. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
2. someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
3. a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
Familiarity information: POSTER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• POSTER (noun)
Meaning:
A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
posting; poster; placard; notice; card; bill
Context example:
a poster advertised the coming attractions
Hypernyms ("poster" is a kind of...):
sign (a public display of a (usually written) message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poster"):
show bill; show card; theatrical poster (a poster advertising a show or play)
flash card; flashcard (a card with words or numbers of pictures that are flashed to a class by the teacher)
Meaning:
Someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bill poster; bill sticker; poster
Hypernyms ("poster" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Meaning:
A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
post horse; post-horse; poster
Hypernyms ("poster" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
