banner

/ˈbænər/

/ˈbænə/

Other forms: banners

As you listen to your guests sing to you on your birthday, you may see a long banner, or sign, hanging from the ceiling and announcing in sparkly letters, "Happy Birthday to You!"

The noun banner often refers to a long sign that is announcing or advertising something. A banner might declare "Congratulations!" "Free Hot Dogs Here!" or, at a protest, "We're Not Going to Take It Anymore!" Banners have also gone virtual; it's hard to avoid seeing at least one annoying advertising banner across the top of any highly-trafficked website. A banner can also be a flag, as in "The Star Spangled Banner," or a championship banner hanging in a school gym.

Definitions of banner

1. noun

   long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
   synonyms: streamer

   type of:

   flag

   emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
2. noun

   any distinctive flag
   synonyms: standard

   types:

   oriflamme

   a red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings

   type of:

   flag

   emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
3. noun

   a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
   synonyms: streamer

   type of:

   headline, newspaper headline

   the heading or caption of a newspaper article
4. adjective

   unusually good; outstanding
   “a banner year for the company”

   synonyms:

   superior

   of high or superior quality or performance