Paper

/ˈpeɪpə/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Paper

noun

  1. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
  2. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
  3. Wallpaper.
  4. Wrapping paper.
  5. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

verb

  1. To apply paper to.

    "to paper the hallway walls"

  2. To document; to memorialize.

    "After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up."

  3. To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.

    "As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house."

  4. To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
  5. To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

adjective

  1. Made of paper.

    "paper bag; paper plane"

  2. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)

    "paper tiger; paper gangster"

  3. Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)

    "paper rocket; paper engine"

  4. Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.

    "a paper baron; a paper lord"

Anagrams of Paper

Words You Can Make

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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