Meanings
plural infomercials · alternative informercial
- A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
Dionne and I were both named after great singers of the past who now do infomercials.
1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone)2 more examples
Known for wearing her signature headdress and speaking in a thick Caribbean accent, Miss Cleo was the queen of psychic infomercials.
2008, Margena A. Christian, “Where Is ... Miss Cleo?”, in Jet, volume 112, number 26, page 38“The number of product placements this season is hilarious to the point that it’s basically a giant infomercial,” one user posted.
2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish mainosdokumentti
- mainosdokumenttiprogram-length television commercial
French publireportage
- publireportageprogram-length television commercial
German Infomercial
- Infomercialprogram-length television commercial
Icelandic sjónvarpsörlýsing
- sjónvarpsörlýsingprogram-length television commercial
Spanish infomercial, publirreportaje
- infomercialprogram-length television commercial
- publirreportajeprogram-length television commercial
- anuncio m de teletiendaprogram-length television commercial
Cite this entry
infomercial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infomercial
“infomercial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infomercial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infomercial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infomercial.
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