noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.
2. 2
   a card for sending messages by post without an envelope wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To send a postcard to someone. transitive

   "to postcard one's friends"

2. 2
   To send by means of a postcard. transitive

   "to postcard one's news"

Synonyms

All synonyms

cardletter cardlinemailing cardmailing-cardpost card

Example

More examples

"Prepare five postcard sized pieces of cardboard."

Etymology

From post + card.

Related phrases

answer on a postcarde-postcardpicture postcardpicture postcard

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.