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poster

poster

22 5.7
A person who puts up printed notices on walls or billboards
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊstər/
translation icon : pegador de carteles
  • The poster worked late into the night to ensure that all the promotional materials were displayed correctly.
  • a bill poster

Examples

  • As a dedicated poster, she diligently covered the city with advertisements for the upcoming concert.

  • One of the men with posters screams into a vested woman's face; she screams back.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Say hello to the department's new poster boy.

    Dark Blue (2002)

  • After that, we hired crews of men to put up our posters for us.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Soon, he and W. Rein Wadsworth formed their own poster advertising agency.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Tacked to the wall behind her were CARE posters of impoverished children.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • With a large RE-ELECT MAYOR FAUSTINO poster behind him, the MAYOR is at the podium.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Every summer, the local poster is hired to put up colorful ads for community events around town.

Synonyms

bill poster
vsposter
5.7

A person who puts up posters on walls or billboards

is a specialist who attaches a wider range of printed adverts and signs to surfaces
bill sticker
vsposter
8.0

A person who puts up posters on walls or billboards

is more broadly about attaching various printed adverts and placards to surfaces
paster
vsposter
8.9

A person who sticks labels or posters onto things

is specifically about putting up printed adverts and signs in public places

Compounds

poster child
24 4.8

A person who is a clear example of a cause or movement

poster boy
21 5.5

A man people see as a perfect example of something

wanted poster
  • Formal
11 3.9

A public notice with a photo and details of a person police are looking for

four-poster
6 5.6

A bed with four tall posts at the corners that hold a canopy or curtains

poster board
6 2.1

A thick, stiff piece of cardboard used to make posters and signs

poster girl
4 4.6

A woman who represents a quality, cause, or group

bill poster
5.7

A person who puts up posters on walls or billboards

poster color
  • US
3.6

Paint made with water and glue that makes bright colors for posters

poster paint
1.6

A cheap water-based paint with bright colors for children's art

theatrical poster
3.6

A large printed picture that advertises a play

Surface Forms

poster singular
posters plural

Morphology

poster = post (transparent) = post + er

Standard agentive formation: 'post' (to put up) + '-er' = a person who posts posters.

Etymology

Poster can mean a person who puts up notices because it comes from post 'to put up' plus -er 'one who does'. That is why a poster is literally 'one who posts' adverts on walls.