Poster

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊstÉ™(r)

from to post (placcard, publish) + -er

Noun

1. One who posts a message.Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
2. One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
• ShakespearePosters of the sea and land.
3. (dated) A posthorse.
• C. LeverPosters at full gallop.
4. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.I saw a poster for it on the side of a bus.
5. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
6. (ice hockey, slang) A shot which only hits a goal post without going inWe got three posters in the third and lost.

Derived terms

• movie poster
• OP
• poster paint

from to post (travel, dispatch) + -er

Full definition of poster

Noun

1. A post-horse
2. (archaic) A swift traveler

Anagrams

• presto
• repost
• repots
• respot
• sprote
• topers
• tropes