poster

P3O1S1T1E1R1
US/ˈpoʊstɚ/

noun

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

“I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.”

Similar
postingplacardnoticebillcardbill posterbill stickerpost horse
OriginEnglish post ← Middle English post ← Old French post →
Very commonScrabble 8
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

poster1

nounposter (plural posters)

plural posters

  1. 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.

  2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

    I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.

  3. InternetOne who posts a message.

    Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.

  4. informalAustralian rules footballA shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
  5. slanghobbiesA shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

    We got three posters in the third and lost.

  6. ball gamesA dunk over a defending player.
verbposter (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)

present singular third person posters · participle present postering · participle past postered · past postered

  1. transitiveTo decorate with posters.

    to poster the walls of a bedroom

poster2

nounposter (plural posters)

plural posters

  1. datedA posthorse.

    we whirled along with four posters at a gallop

    1854, Charles Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad
  2. archaicA swift traveller; a courier.

    posters of the sea and land

    c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

Poster3

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

Similar
postingplacardnoticebillcard
Broader
sign

nounsomeone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards

Similar
bill posterbill sticker
Broader
worker

nouna horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers

Similar
post horsepost-horse
Broader
horseEquus caballus
Also see
billcardnoticeplacardposting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

poster · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥-sth₂-i-s
  6. Proto-Italic*porstis
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  10. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó-sth₂-i-s
  12. Proto-Italic*postis
  13. Latinpostis
  14. Old Englishpost
  15. Latinpostis
  16. Old Frenchpost
  17. Middle Englishpost
  18. Englishpost
  19. Englishposter

From post + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

poster · noun

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مُلْصَق, أَفِيش
  • مُلْصَق (mulṣaq)advertisement — see also placard
  • أَفِيش (ʔafīš)advertisement — see also placard
Bulgarian афи́ш, обя́ва
  • афи́ш (afíš)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • обя́ва (objáva)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • плака́т (plakát)advertisement — see also placard
  • греда́ (gredá)shot that hits a goalpost
Catalan pòster, cartell
  • pòsterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • cartelladvertisement — see also placard
Chinese Mandarin 招貼 /招贴, 海報 /海报
  • 招貼 /招贴 (zhāotiē)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • 海報 /海报 (hǎibào)advertisement — see also placard
  • 招貼 /招贴 (zhāotiē)advertisement — see also placard
  • 標語 /标语 (biāoyǔ)advertisement — see also placard
Czech plakát, plakát
  • plakátpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • plakátadvertisement — see also placard
Dutch poster, affiche
  • posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • affichepicture intended to be attached to a wall
Esperanto afiŝo, afiŝo
  • afiŝopicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • afiŝoadvertisement — see also placard
  • afiŝantointernet: one who posts a message
  • afiŝintointernet: one who posts a message
  • uzantointernet: one who posts a message
Finnish juliste, juliste
  • julistepicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • julisteadvertisement — see also placard
  • mainosjulisteadvertisement — see also placard
  • postaajainternet: one who posts a message
  • tolppashot that hits a goalpost
  • tolppalaukausshot that hits a goalpost
French poster, affiche
  • posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • affichepicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • afficheadvertisement — see also placard
  • posteradvertisement — see also placard
German Poster, Affiche
  • Posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Affichepicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • Plakatadvertisement — see also placard
  • Anschlagadvertisement — see also placard
  • Posteradvertisement — see also placard
  • Afficheadvertisement — see also placard
  • Pfostenshot that hits a goalpost
Greek αφίσα, αφίσα
  • αφίσα (afísa)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • αφίσα (afísa)advertisement — see also placard
Hebrew כְּרָזָה
  • כְּרָזָה (krazá)picture intended to be attached to a wall
Hindi पोस्टर, इश्तहार
  • पोस्टर (posṭar)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • इश्तहार (iśtahār)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • प्लैकर्ड (plaikarḍ)picture intended to be attached to a wall
Hungarian poszter, plakát
  • poszterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • plakátadvertisement — see also placard
Indonesian poster
  • posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
Irish póstaer, póstaer
  • póstaerpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • póstaeradvertisement — see also placard
  • postálaíinternet: one who posts a message
Italian immagine di muro, poster
  • immagine di muropicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • manifestoadvertisement — see also placard
  • locandinaadvertisement — see also placard
Japanese ポスター, ポスター
  • ポスター (posutā)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • ポスター (posutā)advertisement — see also placard
Korean 포스터, 포스터
  • 포스터 (poseuteo)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • 포스터 (poseuteo)advertisement — see also placard
Malay gantungan
  • gantunganpicture intended to be attached to a wall
Norwegian stangskudd
  • stangskuddshot that hits a goalpost
Norwegian Bokmål plakat, plakat
  • plakatpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • plakatadvertisement — see also placard
Polish plakat, afisz
  • plakatpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • afiszpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • plakatadvertisement — see also placard
  • afiszadvertisement — see also placard
Portuguese cartaz, cartaz
  • cartazpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • cartazadvertisement — see also placard
  • propagandaadvertisement — see also placard
Romanian afiș, poster
  • afișadvertisement — see also placard
  • posteradvertisement — see also placard
Russian по́стер, афи́ша
  • по́стер (póstɛr)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • афи́ша (afíša)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • плака́т (plakát)advertisement — see also placard
  • афи́ша (afíša)advertisement — see also placard
  • по́стер (póstɛr)advertisement — see also placard
Scottish Gaelic postair, postair
  • postairpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • postairadvertisement — see also placard
Spanish cartel, póster
  • cartelpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • pósterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • afichepicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • carteladvertisement — see also placard
  • pasquínadvertisement — see also placard
  • aficheadvertisement — see also placard
  • publicadorinternet: one who posts a message
Swedish affisch, plansch
  • affischpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • planschpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • anslagadvertisement — see also placard
  • plakatadvertisement — see also placard
  • affischadvertisement — see also placard
  • stolpe utshot that hits a goalpost
  • stolpskottshot that hits a goalpost
Thai โปสเตอร์
  • โปสเตอร์ (bpóot-dtə̂ə)advertisement — see also placard
Turkish poster, afiş
  • posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • afişpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • afişadvertisement — see also placard
Ukrainian афі́ша, по́стер
  • афі́ша (afíša)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • по́стер (póster)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • плака́т (plakát)advertisement — see also placard
  • афі́ша (afíša)advertisement — see also placard
Urdu اِشْتِہار, پِلے کارْڈ
  • اِشْتِہار (iśtihār)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • پِلے کارْڈ (pile kārḍ)picture intended to be attached to a wall
  • پوسْٹَر (posṭar)picture intended to be attached to a wall
Vietnamese bích chương, áp phích
  • bích chươngpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • áp phíchpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • bích chươngadvertisement — see also placard
Welsh poster, poster
  • posterpicture intended to be attached to a wall
  • posteradvertisement — see also placard
  • postiwrinternet: one who posts a message

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with poster

coasterhosterTowcesterbrowster
All rhymes →

Anagrams

prestorepostPortespetrosrespotstopersproteopsterStrope
Cite this entry
APA

poster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poster

MLA

“poster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poster.

Source: poster on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.