Meanings
plural post offices · alternative postoffice · alternative post-office
- countableA place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
1 more example
We were over the border here, into Northern Ireland, and the post office had a very English atmosphere. It was pleasant, too, much as we enjoyed the hospitality of the Republic, to be buying stamps with the Queen's head on them, and to be posting our cards in a red pillar-box, instead of a green one.
1955 June, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 393Synonyms: postal outlet, postal service, postal station
- countableAn organization that delivers letters.
“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she.—“The regularity and despatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!”
1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 16
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
nounA party game involving the exchange of kisses.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
nouna local branch where postal services are available
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans poskantoor
- poskantoorplace
Arabic مَكْتَب الْبَرِيد, بَرِيد
- مَكْتَب الْبَرِيد (maktab al-barīd)place
- بَرِيد (barīd)place
- بَرِيد (barīd)organization
Bengali ডাক বিভাগ, ডাকঘর
- ডাক বিভাগ (ḍak bibhag)place
- ডাকঘর (ḍakoghor)place
Bulgarian по́ща, по́ща
- по́ща (póšta)place
- по́ща (póšta)organization
Catalan oficina de correus, oficina postal
- oficina de correusplace
- oficina postalplace
Chinese Cantonese 郵局 /邮局, 郵政局 /邮政局
- 郵局 /邮局place
- 郵政局 /邮政局place
Chinese Mandarin 郵局 /邮局, 郵便局 /邮便局
- 郵局 /邮局 (yóujú)place
- 郵便局 /邮便局 (yóubiànjú)place
- 郵局 /邮局 (yóujú)organization
Czech pošta, pošta
- poštaplace
- poštaorganization
Danish posthus, postkontor
- posthusplace
- postkontorplace
- postvæsenorganization
Dutch postkantoor, posterij
- postkantoorplace
- posterijplace
Esperanto poŝtejo, poŝtoficejo
- poŝtejoplace
- poŝtoficejoplace
Estonian postkontor, post
- postkontorplace
- postorganization
Finnish posti, postitoimisto
- postiplace
- postitoimistoplace
- postiorganization
French bureau de poste, poste
- bureau de posteplace
- posteorganization
German Postamt, Post
- Postamtplace
- Postplace
- Postorganization
Greek ταχυδρομείο, ταχυδρομείο
- ταχυδρομείο (tachydromeío)place
- ταχυδρομείο (tachydromeío)organization
Hebrew דואר, דֹּאַר
- דוארplace
- דֹּאַר (dó'ar)place
Hindi डाकघर, पोस्ट-ऑफ़िस
- डाकघर (ḍākghar)place
- पोस्ट-ऑफ़िस (posṭ-ŏfis)place
- डाकख़ाना (ḍākxānā)place
Hungarian posta
- postaplace
Icelandic pósthús
- pósthúsplace
Indonesian kantor pos
- kantor posplace
Irish oifig an phoist, oifig poist
- oifig an phoistplace
- oifig poistplace
Italian ufficio postale, posta
- ufficio postaleplace
- postaplace
Japanese 郵便局, 郵便局
- 郵便局 (yūbinkyoku)place
- 郵便局 (yūbinkyoku)organization
Korean 우체국, 우편국
- 우체국 (ucheguk)place
- 우편국 (upyeon'guk)place
- 체신소 (chesinso)place
- 우체국 (ucheguk)organization
- 우편국 (upyeon'guk)organization
- 체신소 (chesinso)organization
Latin diribitorium
- diribitoriumplace
Latvian pasta nodaļa
- pasta nodaļaplace
Lithuanian pašto skyrius, paštas
- pašto skyriusplace
- paštasplace
Malay kantor pos, pejabat pos
- kantor posplace
- pejabat posplace
Māori tari poutapeta
- tari poutapetaplace
Norwegian Bokmål postkontor, posthus
- postkontorplace
- posthusplace
Polish poczta, poczta
- pocztaplace
- pocztaorganization
Portuguese estação de correios, correio
- estação de correiosplace
- correioplace
- correiosorganization
Punjabi ਡਾਕਖ਼ਾਨਾ, ਡਾਕ ਘਰ
- ਡਾਕਖ਼ਾਨਾ (ḍākxānā)place
- ਡਾਕ ਘਰ (ḍāk ghar)place
- ਪੋਸਟ ਆਫ਼ਿਸ (posaṭ āfis)place
Romanian oficiu poștal, poștă
- oficiu poștalplace
- poștăorganization
Russian почто́вое отделе́ние, по́чта
- почто́вое отделе́ние (počtóvoje otdelénije)place
- по́чта (póčta)place
- почта́мт (počtámt)place
- главпочта́мт (glavpočtámt)place
- по́чта (póčta)organization
Scottish Gaelic oifis a' phuist, post-oifis
- oifis a' phuistplace
- post-oifisplace
Slovak pošta, pošta
- poštaplace
- poštaorganization
Spanish correos, casa de correos
- correosplace
- casa de correosplace
- oficina de correosplace
- estafetaplace
- oficina postalplace
- postaplace
- carteríaplace
Swahili posta
- postaplace
Swedish postkontor
- postkontorplace
Tagalog koreo
- koreoplace
Tamil அஞ்சலகம்
- அஞ்சலகம் (añcalakam)place
Thai ที่ทำการไปรษณีย์, ไปรษณีย์
- ที่ทำการไปรษณีย์ (tîi-tam-gaan-bprai-sà-nii)place
- ไปรษณีย์ (bprai-sà-nii)place
- ไปรษณีย์ (bprai-sà-nii)organization
Turkish postane
- postaneplace
Ukrainian пошто́ве відді́лення, по́шта
- пошто́ве відді́лення (poštóve viddílennja)place
- по́шта (póšta)place
- пошта́мт (poštámt)place
- по́шта (póšta)organization
Urdu ڈاک خانَہ, پوسْٹ آفِس
- ڈاک خانَہ (ḍāk xāna)place
- پوسْٹ آفِس (posṭ āfis)place
- ڈاک گَھر (ḍāk ghar)place
Vietnamese sở bưu điện, phòng bưu điện
- sở bưu điệnplace
- phòng bưu điệnplace
- bưu cụcplace
- bưu điệnplace
Welsh swyddfa bost, llythyrdy
- swyddfa bostplace
- llythyrdyplace
Cite this entry
post office. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20office
“post office.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20office. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post office,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20office.
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