Post definition

Post as a verb

1. affix in a public place or for public notice

   "post a warning"

2. publicize with, or as if with, a poster

   "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"

3. assign to a post; put into a post

   "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"

4. assign to a station

   Same sense: place, send, station

5. display, as of records in sports games

6. enter on a public list

7. transfer (entries) from one account book to another

   Same sense: carry

8. ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

9. mark with a stake

   Same sense: stake

10. place so as to be noticed

    "post a sign"

    Same sense: put up

11. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

    Same sense: send, mail

12. mark or expose as infamous

    Same sense: brand

13. To post a message on a social media website

Post as a noun

14. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

    "a soldier manned the entrance post"

    Same sense: station

15. military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

    "this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"

    Same sense: military post

16. a job in an organization

    "he occupied a post in the treasury"

    Same sense: place, office, position, situation, berth

17. an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position

    "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"

18. any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

    "is there any post for me?"

    Same sense: mail

19. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

    "a pair of posts marked the goal"

    Same sense: stake

20. A message on a social media website

21. the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

    "in England they call mail ‘the post’"

    Same sense: mail, mail service, postal service

22. the delivery and collection of letters and packages

    "it came by the first post"

Synonyms and antonyms

• place definition
• send definition
• station
• carry
• stake
• put up
• mail
• brand
• military post
• office definition
• position definition
• situation definition
• berth
• mail service
• postal service

All synonyms of post, sense by sense

How to say post

Post has 1 syllable and rhymes with most. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with post

• most
• almost
• coast
• host
• ghost
• diagnosed
• toast
• roast
• foremost
• utmost
• boast
• outpost

All 29 words that rhyme with post

POST in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

5

Is POST a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check POST in the word checker, or unscramble POST to see its 5 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.