Synonyms of post

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noun (1)

chiefly British

as in mail

communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system

the post always comes at tea time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mail
• message
• correspondence
• letter
• parcel post
• card
• matter
• package
• snail mail
• note
• registered mail
• certified mail
• shipment
• rural delivery
• special handling
• direct mail
• postcard
• missive
• airmail
• special delivery
• postal card
• junk mail
• mailer
• epistle
• printed matter
• dispatch
• rural free delivery
• airpost
• bundle

post

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noun (2)

1

as in job

a specific task with which a person or group is charged

selling lemonade was my post at the church fair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• job
• assignment
• mission
• duty
• brief
• detail
• operation
• responsibility
• requirement
• business
• office
• obligation
• work
• charge
• need
• promise
• burden
• nomination
• errand
• commission
• appointment
• labor
• commitment
• chore
• designation
• pledge
• restraint
• compulsion
• constraint

2

as in position

the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain

he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• position
• station
• quarter
• job
• detail
• operation
• brief
• assignment
• business
• charge

3

as in place

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay

she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• job
• position
• place
• situation
• employment
• appointment
• function
• capacity
• employ
• connection
• office
• posting
• billet
• work
• berth
• profession
• career
• spot
• occupation
• business
• calling
• task
• trade
• duty
• practice
• living
• pursuit
• service
• vocation
• mission
• engagement
• gig
• line
• racket
• practise
• livelihood
• lifework

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unemployment
• avocation
• joblessness

post

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noun (3)

ˈpōst 

as in column

an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure

hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• column
• pilaster
• pillar
• pier
• stanchion
• needle
• pedestal
• piling
• flying buttress
• buttress
• caryatid
• obelisk
• pile

post

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verb (1)

1

as in to publish

to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place

the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board

Synonyms & Similar Words

• publish
• announce
• placard
• broadcast
• tack (up)
• plaster
• advertise
• promulgate
• nail
• publicize
• proclaim
• declare
• bill
• call
• blaze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remove
• take down

2

as in to announce

to make known openly or publicly

posted the students' grades

Synonyms & Similar Words

• publish
• announce
• declare
• proclaim
• advertise
• promulgate
• run with
• disclose
• broadcast
• publicize
• report
• release
• give out
• beat the drum (for or about)
• reveal
• promote
• herald
• flash
• placard
• sound
• bulletin
• enunciate
• blaze
• show
• spread
• call (off or out)
• disseminate
• blare
• annunciate
• trumpet
• introduce
• feature
• blazon
• cry
• bark
• inform
• blurb
• notify
• ring
• divulge
• toll
• bill
• gazette
• billboard
• impart
• puff
• manifest
• knell
• hand down
• communicate
• plug
• apprise
• kithe
• advise
• intimate
• pitch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recall
• withhold
• conceal
• suppress
• silence
• revoke
• hush (up)
• retract
• recant

post

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verb (2)

as in to detail

to assign to a place or position

the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• detail
• station
• place
• appoint
• set
• position

post

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verb (3)

as in to mail

to send through the postal system

be sure to post the letter this afternoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mail
• address
• forward
• route
• frank
• transmit
• ship
• register
• dispatch
• airmail
• remit
• direct
• consign
• transport

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• get
• receive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of post

Noun

The post on his social media platform marked a stark reversal from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Sunday morning news conference that detailed the aerial bombing of Iran early Sunday. —Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025

Attached to the YouTube post were an array of comments on the 37-minute video. —Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025

Verb

National Guard troops are not marching through Los Angeles; they are posted at or near federal property to shield it and the agents inside. —Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025

Still a third potential mission set emerged within 24 hours, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted a photo on Facebook indicating that National Guardsmen were accompanying its agents on the very immigration raids that generated protests in the first place. —Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025

Phrases Containing post

• command post
• parcel post