You must not read such a magazine, as it will do you harm.
Source: tatoeba (21835)
Magazine
/mæɡ.əˈziːn/
Synonyms for "magazine" (136 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
Noun(23 words)
loadmagmagazine publishernewsweekperiodicalperiodicalsplayboypowder magazinepowder storeprintprinted paperpublicationpublicationspublishquarterliesrepositoryrevuerevuesserialsmithsonian
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Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: ammo dump, ammo magazine, annual, archives, armory.
- Sentence evidence is available for magazine, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "magazine".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "magazine"
Keep "magazine" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "magazine" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "magazine", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "magazine" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
24 entriesarmcollectioncontainerdepotdistributeentrepotequipperiodicalpressproductproductionpublic presspublicationpublishpublisherpublishing company
Showing 16 of 24 words.
More specific
17 entriesarticle publicationconsumer magazinedata repositorydetachable magazinedocument collectiondrum magazineeditorial piecefeature articlefull magazineimage archiveliterary magazineloaded magazinenews magazinepistol magazinereloaded magazinerifle magazine
Showing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
11 entriesacademic magazinedigital magazineliterary magazinemagazine articlemagazine editormagazine rackmagazine subscriptionmonthly magazinenews magazineonline magazinescientific magazine
Inflections
3 entriesTranslations
217 translations across 116 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- tydskrif noun (periodical)
Albanian
1 entries- revistë noun (periodical)
Amharic
1 entries- መጽሔት noun (periodical)
Arabic
2 entries- مَجَلَّة noun (periodical)
- مَخْزَن ذَخِيرَة عَسْكَرِيَّة noun (ammunition storehouse)
Aragonese
1 entries- rebiesta noun (periodical)
Armenian
3 entries- ամսագիր noun (periodical)
- ժուռնալ noun (periodical)
- հանդես noun (periodical)
Aromanian
2 entries- revistã noun (periodical)
- rivistã noun (periodical)
Assamese
1 entries- আলোচনী noun (periodical)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dərgi noun (periodical)
- jurnal noun (periodical)
Bashkir
1 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
Basque
1 entries- aldizkari noun (periodical)
Belarusian
2 entries- журна́л noun (periodical)
- часо́піс noun (periodical)
Bengali
1 entries- পত্রিকা noun (periodical)
Bulgarian
3 entries- журна́л noun (periodical)
- склад за муни́ции noun (ammunition storehouse)
- списа́ние noun (periodical)
Burmese
4 entries- ကျည်ကပ် noun (periodical)
- စာစောင် noun (periodical)
- မဂ္ဂဇင်း noun (periodical)
- မဂ္ဂဇင်း noun (ammunition storehouse)
Buryat
2 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
- сэдьхүүл noun (periodical)
Catalan
2 entries- arsenal noun (ammunition storehouse)
- revista noun (periodical)
Cebuano
2 entries- magasin noun (periodical)
- rebista noun (periodical)
Chechen
1 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
Chinese
2 entries- заҗы noun (periodical)
- 雜誌 /杂志 noun (periodical)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 雜誌 /杂志 noun (periodical)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 彈藥庫 /弹药库 noun (ammunition storehouse)
- 雜誌 /杂志 noun (periodical)
Chuvash
1 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
Czech
3 entries- muniční sklad noun (ammunition storehouse)
- časopis noun (periodical)
- časák noun (periodical)
Danish
3 entries- magasin noun (periodical)
- magasin noun (ammunition storehouse)
- tidsskrift noun (periodical)
Dhivehi
1 entries- މަޖައްލާ noun (periodical)
Dutch
3 entries- magazijn noun (ammunition storehouse)
- magazine noun (periodical)
- tijdschrift noun (periodical)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 雜誌 /杂志 noun (periodical)
Erzya
1 entries- шкалопа noun (periodical)
Esperanto
3 entries- magazeno noun (ammunition storehouse)
- magazino noun (periodical)
- revuo noun (periodical)
Estonian
2 entries- ajakiri noun (periodical)
- magasin noun (ammunition storehouse)
Finnish
3 entries- aikakauslehti noun (periodical)
- ammusvarasto noun (ammunition storehouse)
- makasiini noun (ammunition storehouse)
French
3 entries- arsenal noun (ammunition storehouse)
- magazine noun (periodical)
- revue noun (periodical)
Fula
4 entries- jaaynde noun (periodical)
- yaayirde noun (periodical)
- 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤴𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫 noun (periodical)
- 𞤶𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤫 noun (periodical)
Galician
2 entries- polvorín noun (ammunition storehouse)
- revista noun (periodical)
Georgian
3 entries- არსენალი noun (ammunition storehouse)
- არტილერიის საწყობი noun (ammunition storehouse)
- ჟურნალი noun (periodical)
German
4 entries- Illustrierte noun (periodical)
- Journal noun (periodical)
- Magazin noun (periodical)
- Magazin noun (ammunition storehouse)
Greek
2 entries- περιοδικό noun (periodical)
- πυριτιδαποθήκη noun (ammunition storehouse)
Gujarati
4 entries- દારૂખાનું noun (ammunition storehouse)
- પત્રિકા noun (periodical)
- મેગેઝિન noun (periodical)
- સામયિક noun (periodical)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 雜誌 /杂志 noun (periodical)
Hausa
1 entries- mujalla noun (periodical)
Hebrew
2 entries- כְּתַב עֵת noun (periodical)
- מָגָזִין noun (periodical)
Hindi
2 entries- पत्रिका noun (periodical)
- बारूदख़ाना noun (ammunition storehouse)
Hungarian
3 entries- folyóirat noun (periodical)
- lőszerraktár noun (ammunition storehouse)
- magazin noun (periodical)
Icelandic
1 entries- tímarit noun (periodical)
Ido
2 entries- magazino noun (ammunition storehouse)
- revuo noun (periodical)
Indonesian
1 entries- majalah noun (periodical)
Interlingua
1 entries- magazin noun (periodical)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اَنْبارِ مُهِمَّات noun (ammunition storehouse)
- مَجَلِّه noun (periodical)
- نَشْرِیِه noun (periodical)
- ژورْنال noun (periodical)
Italian
4 entries- caricatore noun (ammunition storehouse)
- periodico noun (periodical)
- pubblicazione noun (periodical)
- rivista noun (periodical)
Japanese
3 entries- マガジン noun (periodical)
- 弾薬庫 noun (ammunition storehouse)
- 雑誌 noun (periodical)
Javanese
2 entries- kalawarta noun (periodical)
- kalawarti noun (periodical)
Kalmyk
1 entries- седкүл noun (periodical)
Kannada
1 entries- ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕ noun (periodical)
Kashubian
1 entries- cządnik noun (periodical)
Kazakh
1 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
Khmer
1 entries- ទស្សនាវដ្ដី noun (periodical)
Korean
2 entries- 잡지 noun (periodical)
- 탄약고 noun (ammunition storehouse)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
Lao
1 entries- ວາລະສານ noun (periodical)
Latvian
2 entries- arsenāls noun (ammunition storehouse)
- žurnāls noun (periodical)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žurnalas noun (periodical)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Zäitschrëft noun (periodical)
Macedonian
4 entries- магаци́н noun (ammunition storehouse)
- складиште noun (ammunition storehouse)
- списание noun (periodical)
- стовариште noun (ammunition storehouse)
Malay
1 entries- majalah noun (periodical)
Malayalam
1 entries- മാസിക noun (periodical)
Maltese
1 entries- rivista noun (periodical)
Marathi
1 entries- नियतकालिक noun (periodical)
Mongolian
4 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
- сэтгүүл noun (periodical)
- ᠰᠡᠳᠬᠦᠯ noun (periodical)
- ᠿᠦᠷᠨᠠᠯ noun (periodical)
Māori
3 entries- maheni noun (periodical)
- pukapuka maheni noun (periodical)
- whare hāmanu noun (ammunition storehouse)
Nepali
1 entries- पत्रिका noun (periodical)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- govar noun (periodical)
- kovar noun (periodical)
- magazîn noun (periodical)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- magasin noun (periodical)
- tidsskrift noun (periodical)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- magasin noun (periodical)
- tidsskrift noun (periodical)
Occitan
1 entries- revista noun (periodical)
Odia
1 entries- ପତ୍ରିକା noun (periodical)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- часопис noun (periodical)
Pashto
1 entries- مجله noun (periodical)
Persian
2 entries- مَجَلَّه noun (periodical)
- نَشْرِیَّه noun (periodical)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Zeitunk noun (periodical)
Polish
3 entries- czasopismo noun (periodical)
- magazyn noun (periodical)
- skład amunicji noun (ammunition storehouse)
Portuguese
2 entries- paiol noun (ammunition storehouse)
- revista noun (periodical)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਪਤ੍ਰਿਕਾ noun (periodical)
- ਰਿਸਾਲਾ noun (periodical)
Romanian
1 entries- revistă noun (periodical)
Russian
2 entries- журна́л noun (periodical)
- склад боеприпа́сов noun (ammunition storehouse)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- iris noun (periodical)
- ràitheachan noun (periodical)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- čȁsopīs noun (periodical)
- ча̏сопӣс noun (periodical)
Shan
1 entries- မႅၵ်ႈၵၸိၼ်း noun (periodical)
Sinhalese
1 entries- සඟරාව noun (periodical)
Slovak
1 entries- časopis noun (periodical)
Slovene
1 entries- revȋja noun (periodical)
Spanish
4 entries- depósito noun (ammunition storehouse)
- magacín noun (periodical)
- magasín noun (periodical)
- magazine noun (periodical)
Swahili
1 entries- jarida noun (periodical)
Swedish
2 entries- magasin noun (periodical)
- tidskrift noun (periodical)
Tagalog
1 entries- magasin noun (periodical)
Tajik
2 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
- маҷалла noun (periodical)
Tamil
1 entries- இதழ் noun (periodical)
Tatar
1 entries- журнал noun (periodical)
Telugu
1 entries- పత్రిక noun (periodical)
Thai
2 entries- นิตยสาร noun (periodical)
- วารสาร noun (periodical)
Tibetan
4 entries- གོ་མཛོད noun (ammunition storehouse)
- གོ་མཛོད་ཁང noun (ammunition storehouse)
- དུས་དེབ noun (periodical)
- བརྙན་དེབ noun (periodical)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መጽሔት noun (periodical)
Turkish
2 entries- cephanelik noun (ammunition storehouse)
- dergi noun (periodical)
Turkmen
1 entries- žurnal noun (periodical)
Ukrainian
2 entries- журна́л noun (periodical)
- часо́пис noun (periodical)
Urdu
2 entries- رِسالَہ noun (periodical)
- مَجَلَّہ noun (periodical)
Uyghur
1 entries- ژۇرنال noun (periodical)
Uzbek
1 entries- jurnal noun (periodical)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tạp chí noun (periodical)
Walloon
1 entries- rivuwe noun (periodical)
Welsh
1 entries- cylchgrawn noun (periodical)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 雜誌 /杂志 noun (periodical)
Yakut
1 entries- сурунаал noun (periodical)
Yiddish
1 entries- זשורנאַל noun (periodical)
Zazaki
1 entries- pêserok noun (periodical)
Zhuang
1 entries- cabceiq noun (periodical)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Mick killed time by reading a magazine while waiting for his date.
Source: tatoeba (32270)
One magazine is for boys, and another for girls.
Source: tatoeba (34677)
Here's a magazine for you to read in the plane.
Source: tatoeba (35530)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "magazine"?
Closest matches include ammo dump, ammo magazine, annual, archives, armory.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "magazine"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.