Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun advertising

2 senses of advertising

Sense 1
ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert -- (a public promotion of some product or service)
       => promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging -- (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas")

Sense 2
advertising, publicizing -- (the business of drawing public attention to goods and services)
       => commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business")

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")