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Synonyms for TELEPHONE
ˈtɛl əˌfoʊntele·phone

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. telephoneverb

    Synonyms:
    Ameche, blower, dog and bone, horn, phone, drop a line, call, ring, farspeaker

  2. telephonenoun

    An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone).

    Synonyms:
    ring, call, phone, drop a line, Ameche, horn, blower, farspeaker, dog and bone

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. telephone, phone, telephone setnoun

    electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

    "I talked to him on the telephone"

    Synonyms:
    sound, telephone, earphone, telephone set, phone, earpiece, headphone, telephony, speech sound

  2. telephone, telephonyverb

    transmitting speech at a distance

    Synonyms:
    telephone, telephone set, telephony, phone

  3. call, telephone, call up, phone, ringverb

    get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

    "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

    Synonyms:
    predict, forebode, band, prognosticate, bring forward, promise, phone, yell, call off, recollect, surround, shout out, retrieve, foretell, cry, peal, call in, scream, environ, holler, rally, mobilize, call up, echo, hollo, call, think, send for, knell, anticipate, border, address, visit, resound, shout, recall, mobilise, reverberate, name, call back, squall, bid, ring, remember, telephone, skirt

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How to use TELEPHONE in a sentence?

  1. Kristen Rouse:

    Knowing that only the crew are getting the lifeboats... and then for all of our friends who are in the water about to die, they are reaching out to us on social media, telephone, in every way they can, to beg us, to beg us for lifeboats.

  2. Matt Melle:

    We got about a mile from my house, and he got a telephone call. After that call, he started driving erratically, running stop signs.

  3. Robert C. Byrd:

    Well, Mr. Secretary, I lived in a house without electricity too. No running water, no telephone...I can stand toe-to-toe with you. in response to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill

  4. Phillip Rolen:

    I ’m patriotic, military tradition is rich in Phillip Rolen family. I reached out to the school to get their side of the story, but no one returned my telephone calls. In a statement to the NBC television affiliate in Dallas the school district defended itself against accusations they were being unpatriotic.

  5. Jim Watkins:

    Rest assured I am not an extremist. My telephone should work worldwide.


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