press release

1. 1.

   an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

   Synonymshandoutrelease

   Broaderannouncement

Questions about press release

What does press release mean?

press release means "an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation".

What is another word for press release?

Close synonyms include handout, release. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is press release a common word?

press release is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.