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

4 senses of publication

Sense 1
publication -- (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)
       => work, piece of work -- (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time")

Sense 2
issue, publication -- (the act of issuing printed materials)
       => printing -- (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)

Sense 3
publication -- (the communication of something to the public; making information generally known)
       => communication -- (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)

Sense 4
publication, publishing -- (the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution)
       => 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")