Post Synonyms & Definitions

Synonyms are words that have the same or almost the same meaning and the definition is the detailed explanation of the word. This page will help you out finding the Definition & Synonyms of hundreds of words mentioned on this page. Check out the page and learn more about the English vocabulary.

• PostDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock.
2. (n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinels walk is limited.
3. (v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
4. (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
5. (v. t.) To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
6. (n.) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
7. (v. i.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
8. (n.) One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
9. (n.) An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
10. (n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
11. (adv.) With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
12. (a.) Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
13. (v. t.) To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
14. (v. i.) To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
15. (n.) A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
16. (v. t.) To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
17. (v. t.) To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
18. (v. t.) To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
19. (v. t.) To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
20. (n.) A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
21. (n.) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
22. (n.) A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
23. (n.) The doorpost of a victualers shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
24. (n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.

• Post-captainDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse.

• Post noteDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand.