Synonyms for publish

Most common

1. Announce

Other

v. 1
To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.

Word family: publisher public publican publication publicist publicity publicize

Past participle: published
e.g. published → announced, advertised, declared, promulgated…

Publish, Announce or Published?

Publish, in popular usage, is becoming closely restricted to the sense of issuing through the press; we announce a book that is to be published.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

announce He started to publicly announce that he is Muslim.
declare I hereby declare the opening of the Olympic Games.
advertise It may be unwise of you to advertise your presence.
promulgate They are simply trying to promulgate an accurate version of the facts.
print This page is not nicely printed so print it again.
disclose She will have the courage to disclose their secret.

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

4 letters: tell¹, post¹
5 letters: issue², sound¹, print¹
6 letters: report², spread¹, reveal², herald², notify³, impart², brooch¹, blazon
7 letters: release², declare², diffuse², divulge², apprise²
8 letters: announce², disclose², proclaim²
9 letters: advertise³, circulate³, advertize
10 letters: promulgate³
11 letters: disseminate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue² = 2 syllables).