Advertisement

View synonyms for leaflet

leaflet

[ leef-lit ]

noun

  1. a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
  2. one of the separate blades or divisions of a compound leaf.
  3. a small leaflike part or structure.
  4. a small or young leaf.


verb (used with object)

, leaf·let·ed or leaf·let·ted, leaf·let·ing or leaf·let·ting.
  1. to distribute leaflets or handbills to or among:

    Campaign workers leafleted shoppers at the mall.

verb (used without object)

, leaf·let·ed or leaf·let·ted, leaf·let·ing or leaf·let·ting.
  1. to distribute leaflets.

leaflet

/ ˈliːflɪt /

noun

  1. a printed and usually folded sheet of paper for distribution, usually free and containing advertising material or information about a political party, charity, etc
  2. any of the subdivisions of a compound leaf such as a fern leaf
  3. (loosely) any small leaf or leaflike part
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to distribute printed leaflets (to)

    they leafleted every flat in the area

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

leaflet

/ flĭt /

  1. A small leaf or leaflike part, especially one of the blades or divisions of a compound leaf.


Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ˈleafleter, noun
Discover More

Other Words From

  • leaflet·er leaflet·ter noun
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of leaflet1

First recorded in 1780–90; leaf + -let
Discover More

Example Sentences

Schumer knew how to run the mimeograph machine that cranked out leaflets in the local campaign office, so they made him deputy manager.

From Time

Fodor interrogated prisoners of war and wrote propaganda leaflets that were dropped in enemy territory.

Meanwhile, the union stationed organizers outside the warehouse to answer questions and hand out leaflets to workers as their ended their shifts.

If you and I are both advertising pizzas, and you go out on the streets and hand out leaflets, but I go to the lobby of a pizza pickup joint, it looks like I’ve got a 100% success rate, but they’re already coming there to buy the pizzas.

From Time

It’s also pressing its case with leaflets and mandated anti-union meetings.

Bogucki includes the leaflet in a Powerpoint presentation he has developed.

Morrison handed her a “Yes” campaign leaflet printed in Polish.

“Thanks to Hugh Holliman, death row inmates could leave prison early and move in next door,” the leaflet said.

The leaflet was thus a lie, though that was hardly surprising in politics.

He felt compelled to issue a statement after seeing the leaflet.

Then she told him of getting the leaflet, then Science and Health, and how she had gradually been won to embrace it.

Here is a leaflet about the Panama Exposition published in Esperanto.

Under no circumstances, says a medical leaflet, should flies be allowed in the house.

In 1893 he issued a leaflet changing the name to Vitis baileyana.

“Oh, that funny little leaflet,” she tried to say as if it were a joke.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


leaf lardleafleteer