advertise

v.

1. To make public

   publicize, proclaim, herald, announce, broadcast, blazon, declare, notify, promulgate, display, exhibit, show, reveal, expose, disclose, unmask, divulge, uncover, communicate, publish abroad, issue, print, circulate, placard, show off, parade, flaunt, vent, post, propagate, disseminate, inform, celebrate, propagandize, spread, splash, put on display, unveil, air, acquaint, apprise, noise abroad, make known, announce publicly, make a public announcement of, lay before the public, call public attention to, give public notice of, go public, bruit about, blaze abroad, trumpet, give out; press-agent*, plug*, play up*.

   Antonyms hide*, conceal*, cover. *

2. To solicit business

   promote, praise, publicize, cry up, sell, build up, vaunt, commend to the public, display, exhibit, circularize, advance, give samples, sponsor, endorse, ballyhoo*, boost*, push*, plug*, tout*, hype*, puff*, press-agent*, beat the drum for*, make a pitch for*.