advertise

I

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To make public]

Syn. publicize, proclaim, herald, announce, broadcast, blazon, declare, notify, promulgate, display, exhibit, show, reveal, expose, disclose, unmask, divulge, uncover, communicate, publish abroad, issue, print, circulate, placard, show off, parade, flaunt, vent, post, propagate, disseminate, inform, celebrate, propagandize, spread, splash, put on display, unveil, air, acquaint, apprise, noise abroad, make known, announce publicly, make a public announcement of, lay before the public, call public attention to, give public notice of, go public, bruit about, blaze abroad, trumpet, give out; press-agent*, plug*, play up*.

Ant. hide*, conceal, cover.

2. [To solicit business]

Syn. promote, praise, publicize, cry up, sell, build up, vaunt, commend to the public, display, exhibit, circularize, advance, give samples, sponsor, endorse, ballyhoo*, boost*, push*, plug*, tout*, hype*, puff*, press-agent*, beat the drum for*, make a pitch for*.

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

publicize, promote, sell, pitch, plug, ballyhoo, hype, tout, push, puff, herald, proclaim, publish, broadcast.

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make (information) generally known: blaze2, blazon, broadcast, bruit, circulate, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate, spread. Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product): ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize, talk up. Informal: pitch, plug. Slang: push. See KNOWLEDGE. 3. To bring to public notice or make known publicly: announce, annunciate, broadcast, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publish. See KNOWLEDGE, WORDS.