Synonyms for television
ˈtɛl əˌvɪʒ əntele·vi·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 7 votes

1. television, telecasting, TV, videonoun

   broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

   "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs

   Synonyms:
   television set, idiot box, picture, television receiver, tv set, tv, television system, telecasting, video recording, goggle box, telly, boob tube, video

2. television, television systemnoun

   a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

   Synonyms:
   television set, idiot box, television receiver, tv set, tv, television system, telecasting, goggle box, telly, boob tube, video

3. television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle boxnoun

   an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

   "the British call a tv set a telly"

   Synonyms:
   television set, idiot box, television receiver, tv set, tv, television system, telecasting, goggle box, telly, boob tube, video

Matched Categories

1. • Receiver
   • Television

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "television":

   tv, télévision, televisão, broadcasting

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   I was talking to a group of teachers in a fireside chat and one of the teachers asked,' Can the virus enter through the eye ?' because some of the teachers were seeing people on television and wanted to wear eye shields.

2. Sunil Gulati:

   I don't think there is any doubt that the American public is far more soccer literate whether that is because of the World Cup (in 1994) or the presence of MLS or the presence of international soccer on television and the changes in technology and social media that facilitate all of that, people are far more literate, far more knowledgeable and far more engaged. That part is great.

3. John Rocco Savalli:

   Watching television as a passive viewer is like going on vacation for a while, and leaving all of the doors to your house unlocked. Any crap that wants to get in - will.

4. Emilio Delgado:

   For the first time on television, they showed Latinos as real human beings, we weren't dope addicts. We weren't maids or prostitutes, which were the way we were being shown in television and in film. Here, on' Sesame Street,' there were different people who spoke different languages and ate interesting foods, and they were all Americans.

5. Michael Emptage:

   He was a wonderful actor with a long and distinguished career in film, television and theatre and was respected as a man of directness, sincerity, and honesty.