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:
   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, 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, 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  

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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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How to use broadcast in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Aleta Ledendecker:

   This is the litmus test I use: if I were a Christian parent walking in the school, and I heard over the PA system during morning announcements music with the words ‘Praise Allah. Allah is king on high. Bow down to Allah,’ how would I feel as a Christian parent with that being broadcast to all the children in the schools.

3. Samuel Braslow:

   The videos in [ my ] post clearly represent newsworthy content, as they subsequently were picked up for broadcast by multiple affiliate stations and national outlets, it's really important to view the current mass-reporting actions by the far right as just the latest salvo in an ongoing, concerted effort to memory-hole evidence of their crimes.

4. Naguib Sawiris:

   The correspondents will go out and record the news and then send it to someone else who is responsible for putting that together into the news that is broadcast, the organization, not the correspondent, is responsible for what is broadcast.

5. Andrew Tyndall:

   For people who are not news junkies and don't want to watch their Facebook feeds 24/7 but just want to check in for half an hour for the top headlines, the networks are doing the work for you, broadcast networks are still in great shape, because they have the expertise, the experience and the resources. They don't need celebrity.