Synonyms and antonyms of The post office and post in British Thesaurus

mail (noun)

letters, parcels etc that are delivered by the post office every day. The usual British word is post

mailbag (noun)

mainly American a postbag received by a newspaper, magazine, television or radio programme, or a well-known person

parcel (noun)

something wrapped in paper or in a large envelope to be sent by post

PO (abbreviation)

post office

the post (noun)

British the letters and parcels that are delivered to someone

postbag (noun)

Britishinformal all of the post that a television station, newspaper, or important person receives on a particular day or relating to a particular issue

postmaster (noun)

someone whose job is to manage a post office

postmistress (noun)

old-fashioned a woman whose job is to manage a post office

post office (noun)

a place where you can buy stamps, send letters and parcels, collect money given to you by the government etc

the Post Office ()

in the UK and some other countries, a shop where you can send letters and parcels, and also change money, buy paper and writing materials, etc. The company that organizes the service for collecting and delivering post in the UK is called the Royal Mail.

the Royal Mail ()

the organization in the UK that is responsible for collecting and delivering post

snail mail (noun)

letters that are sent by post. This expression is used mainly by people writing emails.

sorting office (noun)

British a building where post office workers put post into different boxes according to the town, area, or street that it is going to

sub-post office (noun)

British a small post office that provides some but not all of the services of a main post office