MAIL Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈmāl

as in correspondence

communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system began receiving lots of mail after he became known as a frequent donor to charities

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Relevance

mail

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verb

as in to post

to send through the postal system if you don't mail that letter soon, it's going to arrive late

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

get
receive

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mail

Noun

The plan makes calls to invoke the 150-year-old federal Comstock Act in order to prosecute providers who send mifepristone by mail. —

Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025 Four of the five men pardoned committed non-violent offenses, and the other (and the most well-known) was black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who has now been posthumously pardoned for mail fraud. —

Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Jan. 2025

Verb

Additionally, certain information returns, such as the 1099-NEC and 1099-INT, must also be issued or mailed by January 31. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 Ballots will be mailed to UFT members, with all votes counted on May 29. —

Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for mail

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail

Noun

Inside her was the growing awareness that Sebastien had only been writing her, Dani, out of a sense of duty, all the while hotly suffering a much more grownup correspondence with the incredible Yvonne.

— Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Chambers mentions a lamp by Pasadena artist Ashoke Chhabra and his great-uncle Charles Dockum’s mobile color projector, as well as Dockum’s correspondence with architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

— Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025