broadsheet

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noun

A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.

“broadsheet journalism”

Similar
quality newspapercircularhandbillbillbroadsideflierflyerthrowaway
Opposite
tabloidyellow journalism
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Meanings

nounbroadsheet (plural broadsheets)

plural broadsheets

  1. A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.

    He glanced across at Wani, who was screened above the knees by the raised pink broadsheet with its headlines about record share prices, record house prices.

    2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 294

    Synonyms: quality newspaper

adjectivebroadsheet (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the format of a broadsheet.
  2. not comparableRelating to a broadsheet or broadsheets.

    broadsheet journalism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.

Similar
quality newspaper
Opposite
tabloidyellow journalism

More synonyms by meaning

nounan advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

Similar
circularhandbillbillbroadsideflierflyerthrowaway
Broader
adadvertisementadvertizement
Also see
billbroadsidecircularflyerhandbillthrowaway

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From broad + sheet.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German großformatig, Broadsheet-
  • großformatigin the format of a broadsheet
  • Broadsheet-in the format of a broadsheet
Norwegian Bokmål fullformat
  • fullformatin the format of a broadsheet
Polish dużego formatu, dużego formatu
  • dużego formatuin the format of a broadsheet
  • dużego formaturelating to a broadsheet
Portuguese standard
  • standardin the format of a broadsheet

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sheetboard
Cite this entry
APA

broadsheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadsheet

MLA

“broadsheet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadsheet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broadsheet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadsheet.

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