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BOARD: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BOARD?

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Board as a Noun
Definitions of "Board" as a noun
Synonyms of "Board" as a noun (53 Words)
Usage Examples of "Board" as a noun
Board as a Verb
Definitions of "Board" as a verb
Synonyms of "Board" as a verb (37 Words)
Usage Examples of "Board" as a verb
Associations of "Board" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Board” are: dining table, gameboard, table, add-in, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in, display board, display panel, control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel, plank, beam, slat, batten, timber, length of timber, piece of wood, lath, notice, signpost, signboard, warning sign, road sign, traffic sign, binding, case, committee, council, directorate, commission, group, delegation, delegates, trustees, panel of trustees, convocation, food, meals, daily meals, provisions, sustenance, nourishment, fare, diet, menu, bread, daily bread, foodstuffs, refreshments, get on, room, enter, go on board, go aboard, step aboard, climb on, mount, ascend, embark, lodge, live, reside, have rooms, be quartered, be housed, be settled, have one's home, accommodate, take in, put up, house, billet, quarter, harbour, provide shelter for, shelter, give a bed to, give someone a roof over their head, make room for, give accommodation to, receive, cover over, cover up, close up, shut up, seal

Board as a Noun

Definitions of "Board" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “board” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The provision of regular meals when one stays somewhere, in return for payment or services.
A table set for a meal.
A committee having supervisory powers.
Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices.
A distance covered by a vessel in a single tack.
A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games.
A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose.
Pieces of thick stiff card used for book covers.
The stage of a theatre.
A table at which meals are served.
A group of people constituted as the decision-making body of an organization.
A horizontal surface on which to cut things, play games, or perform other activities.
The piece of equipment on which a person stands in surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and certain other sports.
A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities.
Food or meals in general.
The wooden structure surrounding an ice-hockey rink.
A vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view.
A thin, flat piece of wood or other stiff material used for various purposes.
A vertical surface on which to write or pin notices.
A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material, used for floors or other building purposes.
The part of the floor of a shearing shed where the shearers work.
A flat insulating sheet used as a mounting for an electronic circuit.
A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.

Synonyms of "Board" as a noun (53 Words)

add-in	A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer’s capabilities.
batten	A strip of wood or metal for securing a tarpaulin over a ship’s hatchway.
beam	An oscillating shaft which transmits the vertical piston movement of a beam engine to the crank or pump. A beam* of satisfaction.*
binding	One of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot the bindings should release in case of a fall. The binding* of antibodies to cell surfaces.*
bread	The bread or wafer used in the Eucharist. A loaf of bread.
card	A card printed with a picture and used to send a message or greeting. The ref will have his cards at the ready to enforce the rule of law.
case	A set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal case. A case* of the jitters.*
circuit board	An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.
circuit card	Movement once around a course.
commission	A work produced in response to a commission. The commission* of an arrestable offence.*
committee	In the UK the whole House of Commons when sitting as a committee. There was much scrutiny in committee.
control board	The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
control panel	Power to direct or determine.
convocation	The act of convoking. The arguments delayed the convocation* of the first congress planned for February 1992.*
council	Denoting housing provided by a local council at a subsidized rent. A council* flat.*
daily bread	A newspaper that is published every day.
daily meals	A newspaper that is published every day.
delegates	A person appointed or elected to represent others.
delegation	Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions. A delegation* of teachers.*
diet	The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods. I m going on a diet.
dining table	The act of eating dinner.
directorate	A section of a government department in charge of a particular activity. The Food Safety Directorate.
display board	Something intended to communicate a particular impression.
display panel	Something intended to communicate a particular impression.
fare	A passenger paying to travel in a taxi. The taxi driver was anxious to pick up a fare.
food	Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment. Music is food* for the soul.*
foodstuffs	A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food.
gameboard	A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games.
group	A division of an air force, usually consisting of two or more stations. I ve always been a fan of the guitarists in the group.
instrument panel	A person used by another to gain an end.
lath	Laths collectively as a building material. A lath* and plaster wall.*
length of timber	The linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place.
meals	The food served and eaten at one time.
menu	The dishes making up a meal. A no fuss dinner party menu.
notice	A short published review of a new film, play, or book. It has come to our notice* that you have been missing school.*
nourishment	A source of materials to nourish the body. Tubers from which plants obtain nourishment.
panel	A person or people charged with an offence. Body panels for the car trade.
panel of trustees	A group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc.
piece of wood	A distance.
plank	A stupid person. The session usually include a lot of core work lunges planks and squats.
plug-in	A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer’s capabilities.
provisions	The activity of supplying or providing something.
refreshments	Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation. Time for rest and refreshment by the pool.
road sign	An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation.
signboard	Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted. Sponsorship gives the companies four signboards surrounding the pitch.
signpost	A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way. Shorts remain the fashion signpost* of summer s arrival.*
slat	A thin, narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal, especially one of a series which overlap or fit into each other, as in a fence or a Venetian blind. Sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door.
sustenance	The maintaining of someone or something in life or existence. Poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance.
table	A company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game. Children at the school have spelling tests and learn their tables.
timber	Land that is covered with trees and shrubs. The exploitation of forests for timber.
traffic sign	The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.
trustees	A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another’s benefit.
warning sign	Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness.

Usage Examples of "Board" as a noun

Board and lodging.
A graphics board.
He looked at the banquet which was spread upon his board.
We were tacking up to the anchor, shortening cable at each board.
A board meeting.
You kick-turn with both feet on the board.
He got out the board and set up the pieces.
Sections of board.
Teachers talk and write on the board.
A feast was spread upon the board.
Room and board.
Loose boards creaked as I walked on them.
The board has seven members.
He sits on the board of directors.
Suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree.
He nailed boards across the windows.
Pete set the pieces out on the board.
He will be on the boards at Stratford tonight.

Board as a Verb

Definitions of "Board" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “board” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.
Provide (a person or animal) with regular meals and somewhere to live in return for payment.
Live and take one's meals at or in.
Get on or into (a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
Provide food and lodging (for.
Live and receive regular meals in a house in return for payment or services.
(of a pupil) live in school during term time.
Cover or seal a window or building with pieces of wood.
Ride on a snowboard.
(of an aircraft) be ready for passengers to get on.
Lodge and take meals (at.

Synonyms of "Board" as a verb (37 Words)

accommodate	(of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for. Can you accommodate* me with a rental car.*
ascend	Travel up. The path ascended to the top of the hill.
be housed	Be priced at.
be quartered	Have life, be alive.
be settled	Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun.
billet	Lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian’s house. Most of the army was billeted within the town.
climb on	Improve one’s social status.
close up	Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.
cover over	Form a cover over.
cover up	Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.
embark	Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers. He embarked for India in 1817.
enter	Set out on an enterprise or subject of study. The horse was entered in the Martell Cup at Aintree.
get on	Overcome or destroy.
give a bed to	Give or supply.
give accommodation to	Bestow, especially officially.
give someone a roof over their head	Break down, literally or metaphorically.
go aboard	Be or continue to be in a certain condition.
go on board	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
harbour	Of a ship or its crew moor in a harbour. Patients who may have been harbouring tuberculosis.
have one's home	Get something; come into possession of.
have rooms	Undergo.
house	Provide housing for. The museum houses a collection of Roman sculpture.
live	Continue to live and avoid dying. Only the name lived on.
lodge	Be a lodger stay temporarily. The variety is high yielding but it has mostly lodged.
make room for	Be or be capable of being changed or made into.
mount	Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance. Feeling the blush mount* in her cheeks she looked down quickly.*
provide shelter for	Give something useful or necessary to.
put up	Adapt.
quarter	Display different coats of arms in quarters of a shield especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer s family. His young dog quartered back and forth in quick turns.
receive	Receive a specified treatment abstract. Receive a gift.
reside	Be inherent or innate in. Legislative powers reside* with the Federal Assembly.*
room	Provide with a shared room or lodging. She rooms in an old boarding house.
seal	Hunt seals. Seal the letter.
shelter	Provide shelter for. We are sheltered from the awfulness of reality.
shut up	Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.
step aboard	Move with one’s feet in a specific manner.
take in	Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes.

Usage Examples of "Board" as a verb

The cousins boarded for a while with Ruby.
Flight 172 to Istanbul is now boarding.
Dogs may have to be boarded at kennels.
When we're not boarding, we're skiing.
We boarded the plane for Oslo.
She rooms in an old boarding house.
The shop was still boarded up.
The old lady is boarding three men.
Parents had to cope with their child boarding at a special school.
They would not be able to board without a ticket.

Associations of "Board" (30 Words)

administrator	A person responsible for carrying out the administration of a business or organization. Administrators of justice.
bishop	A chess piece typically with its top shaped like a mitre that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands Each player starts the game with two bishops one moving on white squares and the other on black.
blanket	Form a blanket like cover over. The countryside was blanketed in snow.
card	Write something on a card especially for indexing. You have to turn in your card* to get a handicap.*
carpet	Cover completely as if with a carpet. Anybody s batting average must benefit from being able to play on the carpet.
chairperson	A chairman or chairwoman (used as a neutral alternative). Address your remarks to the chairperson.
clergy	In Christianity clergymen collectively as distinguished from the laity. All marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy.
coadjutor	A bishop appointed to assist and often to succeed a diocesan bishop.
conservancy	A commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river. From the point of view of nature conservancy* I d rather see it left unspoilt.*
diocesan	Of or concerning a diocese.
director	Member of a board of directors. The sales director.
disc	An object or part resembling a disc in shape or appearance. A man s body with an identity disc* around the neck.*
executive	An executive committee or other body within an organization. The chief executive.
felt	Make into felt mat together. Felt the wool.
flannel	Trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth. A check flannel* shirt.*
flat	Flattened laterally along the whole length e g certain leafstalks or flatfishes. She wore a white strapless dress and a pair of electric blue flats.
floor	The occupants of a floor. They needed rugs to cover the bare floors.
foreman	A person who exercises control over workers. If you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman.
laminate	Create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material. My face and laminate* were checked by the security man.*
mat	A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it. The fur on its flank was matted with blood.
organizer	A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. The organizers of the demonstration.
parochial	Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope. Parochial attitudes.
plank	Make provide or cover with planks. The central plank* of the bill is the curb on industrial polluters.*
plywood	A laminate made of thin layers of wood. Plywood benches.
rug	A thick woollen coverlet or wrap, used especially when travelling. An oriental rug.
sheet	Cover with a sheet as if by wrapping. The rain was still falling in sheets.
shroud	Form a cover like a shroud. He was buried in a linen shroud.
slat	Equip or bar with slats. Sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door.
springboard	A flexible board for jumping upward. He uses other people s ideas as a springboard* for his own.*
synod	A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business. The deanery synod.