handbill
Paper promotional sheet
A handbill is a small printed sheet distributed by hand, typically advertising an event, product, or service.
Handbills are posted on walls or handed out on streets: Someone was passing out handbills for the club.
The term suggests something cheaper and more ephemeral than a flyer or brochure.
Single-sheet printed handout
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- circularForming a closed curve
- broadsideFierce written assault
flier · bulletin · brochure · insert · mailer · throwaway · dodger · tract
Public declaration of information
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- declarationFormal public announcement
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- warningAlert about danger
advisory · notification · bulletin · communique · posting · wanted · reward
Rank increase or publicity
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- announcementPublic declaration of information
commercial · advertisement · branding · teaser · launch · exposure · endorsement · sale
Pressed pulp for writing
- cardstockRigid paper material
- newsprintLow-grade printing paper
- cheapLow in price
- disposableMade for one use
printed · typeset · illustrated · woodcut · letterpress · ink · pulp · ephemera
Mass promotional mailing
- doorstepEntrance's bottom ledge
- streetPublic urban roadway
- freebieItem given gratis
- giveawayFree item or betraying clue
mass-produced · bulk · door-to-door · letterbox · windshield · posted · tacked · handed
Live musical performance
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- performanceCarrying out a task
- showMake something apparent
- rallyGathering for a cause
meeting · lecture · screening · exhibition · premiere · opening · gathering · revival
Large-format serious newspaper
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- playbillTheater performance listing
- VictorianOf a prim era
- postingPublishing content online
propaganda · wartime · recruitment · abolitionist · suffragette · revolutionary
leaflet
Single-sheet printed handout
broadside · flier · bulletin · brochure · insert · mailer · throwaway · dodger · tract
announcement
Public declaration of information
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- declarationFormal public announcement
- alertWarning or watchfulness
warning · advisory · notification · bulletin · communique · posting · wanted · reward
promotion
Rank increase or publicity
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
announcement · commercial · advertisement · branding · teaser · launch · exposure · endorsement · sale · discount
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
disposable · printed · typeset · illustrated · woodcut · letterpress · ink · pulp · ephemera
mailshot
Mass promotional mailing
giveaway · mass-produced · bulk · door-to-door · letterbox · windshield · posted · tacked · handed · scattered
concert
Live musical performance
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- performanceCarrying out a task
- showMake something apparent
rally · meeting · lecture · screening · exhibition · premiere · opening · gathering · revival · demonstration
broadsheet
Large-format serious newspaper
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- playbillTheater performance listing
- VictorianOf a prim era
posting · propaganda · wartime · recruitment · abolitionist · suffragette · revolutionary
- protest writingmanifesto, pamphlet, polemic, protest poetry, protest songs
- Victorian printpenny dreadful, periodical, serial novel, serialized fiction, quarterly
- advertisingad, ads, ad campaign, ad campaigns, advertising campaign
- advocacypetition, advocating, protest sign, championing, picket sign
- announcementsannouncement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, statement
- printed matternewspaper, magazine, pamphlet, leaflet, leaflets
handbillbroadcast
Transmitted media signal
social media post · email blast · podcast · webcast · word of mouth