put on the air

VERB

broadcast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

air announce beam circulate communicate relay send televise transmit

STRONG

cable colorcast radio radiograph show simulcast telecast telegraph telephone

WEAK

be on the air get out go on the air go on the airwaves

Antonyms

STRONGEST

be quiet bottle up conceal hide keep receive suppress withhold

WEAK

keep quiet secret

VERB

televise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

air announce beam transmit

STRONG

communicate show

WEAK

be on the air go on the air go on the airwaves put on television simulcast

Antonyms

STRONGEST

be quiet hide suppress

STRONG

conceal

VERB

transmit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address broadcast carry conduct convey disseminate impart pass on relay spread transfer translate transport

STRONG

bear bequeath break channel consign diffuse dispatch forward funnel instill issue mail pipe radio remit route ship siphon take transfuse

WEAK

drop a line drop a note give a call give a ring hand down hand on send out traject

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect conceal gather hide hold keep

STRONG

avoid dodge halt maintain receive refuse retain stop

WEAK

get

Example Sentences

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“NBC needed something to put on the air opposite ‘Lucy’ and ‘Gunsmoke.’

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

Yingst said there is not always time to decide what to put on the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Murdoch was asked whether he could have requested that Powell and Giuliani not be put on the air: “ I could have. But I didn’t,” he replied.

From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2023

So I do think there’s a point where an elected official disqualifies themselves from being a credible person to put on the air, because of their own words and actions.

From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2021

If any one appeared, she hid the book away in the folds of her dress, or under the sofa-cushion, and put on the air of having just awakened from a nap.

From Bressant by Hawthorne, Julian

put on the air

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