Meanings
plural junk mails · alternative junkmail
- countableuncountablepostalAny mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.
I don't believe it. Junk mail that talks back.
1988 December 14, Stephen Wyatt, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1”, in Doctor Who, spoken by Dorothy ("Ace") McShane (Sophie Aldred)1 more example
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 垃圾郵件 /垃圾邮件, 垃圾信
- 垃圾郵件 /垃圾邮件 (lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- 垃圾信 (lājīxìn, lèsèxìn)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Finnish roskaposti
- roskapostimail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
French pourriel, courrier indésirable
- pourrielmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- courrier indésirablemail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
German Junk-Mail, unerwünschte Post
- Junk-Mailmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- unerwünschte Postmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- Junkmailmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- Spammailmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Hebrew דֹּאַר זֶבֶל
- דֹּאַר זֶבֶל (dóar zével)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Hungarian levélszemét
- levélszemétmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Japanese ジャンクメール, 迷惑メール
- ジャンクメール (jankumēru)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- 迷惑メール (meiwaku-mēru)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Korean 정크 메일
- 정크 메일 (jeongkeu meil)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Māori mēra paraurehe
- mēra paraurehemail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Polish spam
- spammail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Portuguese lixo postal, lixo eletrônico
- lixo postalmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- lixo eletrônicomail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Russian макулату́рная по́чта, почто́вая макулату́ра
- макулату́рная по́чта (makulatúrnaja póčta)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- почто́вая макулату́ра (počtóvaja makulatúra)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- нежела́тельная по́чта (neželátelʹnaja póčta)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- почто́вый му́сор (počtóvyj músor)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
- джанк-ме́йл (džank-mɛ́jl)mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Spanish correo basura
- correo basuramail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Swedish skräppost
- skräppostmail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Turkish istenmeyen posta
- istenmeyen postamail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
Cite this entry
junk mail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junk%20mail
“junk mail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junk%20mail. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “junk mail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junk%20mail.
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