Synonyms for Broadcast
ˈbrɔdˌkæst, -ˌkɑstbroad·cast

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1. broadcastadjective

   Synonyms:
   air, widespread

   Antonyms:
   narrowcast

2. broadcastverb

   A transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.

   Synonyms:
   widespread, air

   Antonyms:
   narrowcast

3. broadcastverb

   To transmit a message over a wide area

   Synonyms:
   air

   Antonyms:
   narrowcast

4. broadcastverb

   To appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program

   Synonyms:
   air

   Antonyms:
   narrowcast

5. broadcastverb

   To sow seeds over a wide area

   Synonyms:
   air

   Antonyms:
   narrowcast

6. broadcastverb

   To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people

   Synonyms:
   air

   Antonyms:
   narrowcast

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. broadcast

   Synonyms:
   scattered abroad, dispersed, profusely, unsparingly, indiscriminately, injudiciously, extensively

   Antonyms:
   collectedly, concentratively, sparingly, reservedly, locally, partially, discreetly, charily

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. broadcastnoun

   message that is transmitted by radio or television

   Synonyms:
   programme, program

2. broadcast, program, programmeverb

   a radio or television show

   "did you see his program last night?"

   Synonyms:
   broadcast, political program, curriculum, programme, program, computer programme, course of study, platform, plan, computer program, syllabus, political platform

3. air, send, broadcast, beam, transmitverb

   broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

   "We cannot air this X-rated song"

   Synonyms:
   convey, circulate, air out, beam, transfer, get off, place, spread, impart, mail, radiate, send off, commit, station, bare, post, communicate, glow, publicise, channelize, ship, channelise, ventilate, disperse, circularize, institutionalise, channel, carry, shine, transport, disseminate, pass around, direct, charge, publicize, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, propagate, send out, conduct, vent, air, institutionalize, circularise, send, aerate, transmit

4. broadcastverb

   sow over a wide area, especially by hand

   "broadcast seeds"

   Synonyms:
   send, disperse, air, distribute, circularise, diffuse, beam, propagate, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, transmit

5. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundverb

   cause to become widely known

   "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

   Synonyms:
   circulate, beam, shell out, fan out, lot, spread, mobilize, pervade, pass on, dish out, dissipate, deal out, allot, dot, overspread, break up, dispense, interpenetrate, dole out, unfold, penetrate, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give out, spread out, open, go around, pass around, sprinkle, hand out, mete out, dispel, mobilise, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, pass out, propagate, scatter, transmit, air, circularise, send, riddle, dust, stagger, imbue, permeate, disseminate, circle

Matched Categories

1. • Agriculture
   • Broadcasting
   • Message
   • Publicize
   • Sow

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. make public

   Submitted by anonymous on December 30, 2019  

2. spread the wordverb

   to spread the word means to get people to be aware of something. to make them pay attention. to advertise, broadcast, blazon, and circulate have extremely similar meanings.

   the human rights organization is bringing awareness to the world.

   Submitted by noemailfromme on February 8, 2022  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "broadcast":

   broadcasting, dissemination, disseminated, radio, radio-television, disseminate, aired, diffusion, broadcasted, transmission, transmitted, broadcasts, disseminating, retransmission, circulated, issuance, distributed, radiodiffusion, emission, retransmitted, airing, transmit, outreach, scattering, issued, released, spread, diffused

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1. Timo Lumme:

   This is the first time we have licensed these rights to a single media company to manage and broadcast all the games across all the platforms.

2. Marco Attisani:

   What you are looking at is a big machine, it's an infrastructural machine. It's 40 meters long, 15 meters wide, and 15 tonnes, primarily it's a computer, a big computer that deals with things that computers do normally. They calculate, they broadcast, they collect, they send them to the cloud, they interact with humans.

3. Lou Dobbs:

   Let me make you an offer, very straightforwardly, we will gladly put forward your evidence that supports your claim that this was a Cyber Pearl Harbor. We have tremendous evidence already … of fraud in this election, but I will be glad to put forward on this broadcast whatever evidence you have, and we’ll be glad to do it immediately.

4. Arkansas Republican:

   This resolution is not ready for prime time, i believe it is just an effort to broadcast a political message. But even that message can be harmful to our troops and to national security.

5. Lister Staveley-Smith:

   Hundreds of new galaxies were discovered, using the same telescope that was used to broadcast the TV pictures from Apollo 11, the electronic technology at the back end is substantially different and that is why we can still keep using these old telescopes.