Synonyms for board
Another word for board is plank, table or display board. Below are 17 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses.
Also searched as: boarded, boarder.
1. noun: a committee having supervisory powers
2. noun: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- plank synonyms
3. noun: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
4. noun: food or meals in general
- table synonyms
5. noun: a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
- display board
- display panel
6. noun: a table at which meals are served
- dining table
7. noun: electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- control board
- panel synonyms
- control panel
- instrument panel
8. noun: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- add-in
- card synonyms
- circuit board
- circuit card
- plug-in synonyms
9. noun: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
- gameboard
10. verb: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
- get on synonyms
11. verb: live and take one's meals at or in
12. verb: lodge and take meals (at)
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- school board
- committee
- board of education
- commission synonyms
- planning board
- appeal board
- draft board
- board of directors
- board of appeals
- appeals board
- advisory board
- governing board
- zoning board
- directorate
- board of selectmen
- deal synonyms
- timber synonyms
- lumber synonyms
- skid synonyms
- wale
- hardboard
- chipboard
- strake
- matchboard
- work-board
- floor board
- notice board
- wake board
- dry wall
- cutting board
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Questions people ask
What is another word for board?
You can say plank, table, display board, display panel or dining table instead of board. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a committee having supervisory powers".
What is the opposite of board?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for board; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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