BILLBOARDS Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of billboard

as in advertisements

a large sign for advertisements that is next to a road, on the side of a building, etc.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of billboard

as in bulletins

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Noun

The dispute includes 60 digital billboards that stadium operators say threaten sponsor exclusivity, with Measure BB asking voters to restrict advertising on public property. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Rulings from a 2019 lawsuit favoring the department to stop the billboards’ construction have also been invoked by the Town of Southampton to halt a gas station and travel plaza on the same piece of land. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Illuminated billboards along busy commercial corridors now dim soon after sunset, while shops close an hour early. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Less than two weeks before the October 27 vote, the billboards of Netanyahu are back. — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 According to AZFamily, a couple of electronic billboards have popped up in the Phoenix area with a very straightforward, no-nonsense message to owner and team president Michael Bidwill. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Torres warned that the billboards' light would harm the quality of life for residents in nearby high-rises. — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The Arsht push for digital billboards is reviving the battle lines first drawn during the PAMM fight, with opponents of that sign now repeating their arguments. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 The new plans bring the group’s total billboards across those three states to more than 350. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboards

Noun

Cardenas in Bakersfield, for example, said he has been inundated with Valadao campaign advertisements but knows little about Villegas.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Watch for unusual phone behavior An infected phone may show signs such as unexplained mobile data usage, excessive background activity, unexpected advertisements or apps appearing without your permission.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertisements

Verb

While this sentiment rings true, there is a significant amount of precedent to suggest that not all tax hikes are created equal in the eyes of California voters.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Much like a tuning fork, the resonator also rings when struck.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rings

Verb

Despite being published nearly fifty years later, Love Days tolls the same alarm bells as The Story of Avis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
In the final scene of the season 1 finale, the church bell tolls eight times — meaning that the town is now demanding eight sacrifices to honor the centuries-old pact.

— Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of tolls

Noun

Heading to their classrooms, children in top hats, crisp white shirts and ties dash up and down a staircase decorated with a riot of brightly colored posters.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
This movie is such a love letter to Portland, from the Voodoo Doughnuts Prue and Mac eat to the Decembrists posters in her room.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of posters

Noun

The demonstrators can be seen chanting and holding placards in the video above, from the Reuters news agency.

— Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Pupils clustered outside the doors of several schools in Paris and other cities in the morning hours, brandishing placards and megaphones and chanting slogans, and marches were planned later in the day.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

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