publicity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pub=lic=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

publicity, n. [Cf. F. publicité.].

 The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

publicity, n.
1 a the professional exploitation of a product, company, person, etc., by advertising or popularizing. b material or information used for this.
2 public exposure; notoriety.

Idiom

publicity agent a person employed to produce or heighten public exposure.

Etymology

F publicit{eacute} (as PUBLIC)

THESAURUS

publicity

PR, acclaim, account, acquaintance, advertising, announcement, ballyhoo, blue book, blurb, briefing, bright light, broadcasting, buildup, bulletin, celebrity, character, commercial, common knowledge, communication, communique, cry, currency, data, datum, daylight, directory, dispatch, eclat, enlightenment, evidence, exposure, facts, factual information, fame, familiarization, famousness, figure, gen, general information, glare, glory, guidebook, handout, hard information, hard sell, hoopla, hue and cry, incidental information, info, information, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, kudos, light, limelight, maximum dissemination, mention, message, name, notice, notification, notoriety, notoriousness, plug, popularity, presentation, press notice, press-agentry, promotion, promotional material, promulgation, proof, propaganda, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publication, publicity story, publicness, puff, puffery, reclame, recognition, release, renown, report, reputation, repute, sidelight, spotlight, statement, the bubble reputation, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, transmission, vogue, white book, white paper, word, write-up

ROGET THESAURUS

publicity

Manifestation

N manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church, explicit, overt, patent, express, ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric, unreserved, frank, plain-spoken, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.

Information

N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.

Publication

N publication, public announcement, promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation, indiction, edition, hue and cry, publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the Press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily, telegraphy, publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter, manifesto, advertisement, ad, placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster, notice, published, current, in circulation, public, notorious, flagrant, arrant, open, trumpet-tongued, encyclical, encyclic, promulgatory, exoteric, publicly, in open court, with open doors, Int, Oyez!, O yes!, notice!, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.