Synonyms for broadside
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
One side of a ship above the waterline.
- n. 2
All the guns on one side of a warship.
Forms
- Plural
- broadsides → bills, broadsheets, posters, placards…
Example sentences
- flyer Who's the more experienced flyer: A fly or a pilot?
- flier I've got to design a new flier for the film.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| broadside | steady | |
| flyer | rising | |
| flier | rising | |
| broadsheet | rising | |
| cannonade | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bill1
- 5 letters
- flyer2, flier2
- 6 letters
- poster2, tirade2
- 7 letters
- placard2
- 8 letters
- circular3
- 9 letters
- throwaway3, cannonade, philippic3
- 10 letters
- broadsheet
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flyer2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bordée