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Synonyms for post

43 synonyms
6 antonyms
2 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

office place position put mail postal service

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Office

office, place, position, situation UK, put, set, seat, berth, employment, capacity, stand dated

2. Mail

mail, postal service, courier, postage

Other

column, station, stake, pile, post-production, stanchion, pillar, pilaster, newell, puncheon, sheth

Verb

publish, announce, send, brand, put up, run, support, placard, advertise, advertize US, carry, establish, defame, vilify, scud, stigmatize, stigmatise UK

Antonyms

pre, before, earlier

All antonyms of post →

Definitions

n. 1
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
ram a post into the ground
n. 2
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. A pole erected to mark a spot.
The posts mark the boundaries of the property.
v. 1
To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.

Related words

Word family: postwise poster post-haste postman postmark postmaster postperson postwoman
Phrases: post-mortem post office telegraph post post box post lady staging post ex post facto post obitum

Forms

Plural: posts → offices, places, positions, situations…
Past participle: posted
e.g. posted → published, announced, sent, branded…

Example sentences

office Please tell me the closest station to your office.
postage Place this questionnaire in postage paid envelope.
column The spinal column is composed of twenty-four bones.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
post		steady
office		falling
postage		falling
column		steady
newell		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: put¹, set¹, run¹
4 letters: send¹, seat¹, mail¹, pile¹, scud¹
5 letters: place¹, stand¹, carry², brand¹, stake¹, berth¹, sheth¹
6 letters: office², column², pillar², newell², defame², vilify³
7 letters: support², station², publish², courier³, postage², placard²
8 letters: position³, capacity⁴, announce², puncheon, pilaster³
9 letters: situation⁴, establish³, advertise³, stanchion, advertize
10 letters: employment³, stigmatize³, stigmatise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: poteau
Español: poste
Català: muntant