banner
[noun]
Synonyms: flag, colours, ensign, pennant, placard, standard, streamer

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Related Words: banneret

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ban‧ner /ˈbænə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: banere]

1. a long piece of cloth on which something is written, often carried between two poles:
The onlookers were shouting, cheering, and waving banners.

2. a belief or principle
carry/raise/wave etc the banner of something (=publicly support a particular belief etc)
She’d never felt the need to carry the banner of feminism.
under the banner of something
They marched under the banner of equal educational opportunity.

3. under the banner of something as part of a particular group or organization:
The oil-producing countries joined together under the banner of OPEC.

4. a flag

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

banner
noun
VERB + BANNER drape, hang (out) | carry | wave | unfurl
BANNER + VERB hang | flutter, fly, wave banners waving in the wind
bear sth The demonstrators carried banners bearing various slogans.
demand sth, proclaim sth, read sth, say sth Banners demanded the president's resignation.
be strung across sth A banner strung across the road read, ‘Welcome home, boys!’

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲