tabloid

Meaning

Noun

1. A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format.
2. A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even fictitious nature over serious news.
3. (obsolete) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.

Adj

1. In the format of a tabloid.
2. Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.

Synonyms

rag

sheet

newspaper

📰

yellow journalism

tab

pulp

pill

💊

tablet

soft porn

journal

B-size

paper

pellet

press

publication

troche

popular newspaper

daily journal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtæ.blɔɪd/

Etymology

From a trademark for a medicine compressed into a tablet. See -oid and the Etymology section of the Wikipedia article "Tabloid".