Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb advertise
2 senses of advertise
Sense 1
advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise -- (call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS")
=> announce, denote -- (make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly")
Sense 2
advertise, advertize, promote, push -- (make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops")
=> praise -- (express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance")