poster
/ˈpoʊstɚ/noun, verb
poster is spelled P-O-S-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, poster means “A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poster is posters.
How many letters and syllables are in poster?
| Letters | 6: P-O-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is poster?
Poster appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce poster?
- US /ˈpoʊstɚ/
Poster has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-poster.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with poster?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as poster from its last stressed vowel (/oʊstəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: repost, presto, esport.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of poster
- posters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- postering participle, present
- postered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
- 2
An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.
- 3
One who posts a message.
Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
- 4
informalA shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
- 5
slangA shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
We got three posters in the third and lost.
- 6
A dunk over a defending player.
- 7
datedA posthorse.
- 8
archaicA swift traveller; a courier.
verb
- 1
To decorate with posters.
to poster the walls of a bedroom
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Poster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poster, affiche |
| German | Poster, Affiche , Plakat, Anschlag |
| Portuguese | cartaz , propaganda |
| Spanish | cartel, póster, afiche , pasquín |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.