TABLOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tabloid mean? 

• TABLOID (noun)
  The noun TABLOID has 2 senses:

1. sensationalist journalism

2. newspaper with half-size pages

  Familiarity information: TABLOID used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TABLOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensationalist journalism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

tab; tabloid; yellow journalism

Hypernyms ("tabloid" is a kind of...):

journalism; news media (newspapers and magazines collectively)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Newspaper with half-size pages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rag; sheet; tabloid

Hypernyms ("tabloid" is a kind of...):

newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)