a newspaper with fairly small pages mostly containing stories about famous people and not much serious news. More serious newspapers are called broadsheets, which have bigger pages, or compacts.
Synonyms and related words
Types of newspaper or magazine
back copy
back issue
back number
derived word
tabloid
adjective
tabloid newspapers
the tabloid press
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe newspapers and magazines
biweekly
daily
glossy
tabloid
noun countable mainly journalism
US /ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/
Other entries for this word
tabloid TVnoun
tabloid at broadsheet
tabloid at newspaper
Word Forms
singular
tabloid
plural
tabloids
DEFINITIONS1
1
a newspaper with pages of a smaller size than standard newspapers, usually with very large headlines and pictures on the front page and often emphasizing shocking stories about famous people