Synonyms for Telegraph
ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑftele·graph

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. telegraph, telegraphyverb

   apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

   Synonyms:
   telegraphy, telegraph

2. cable, telegraph, wireverb

   send cables, wires, or telegrams

   Synonyms:
   cable, wire, telegraph, electrify

Matched Categories

1. • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. telegraphnoun

   Synonyms:
   semaphore

2. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph

3. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   WIRE, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "telegraph":

   telegraphic, telegram, telegraphy, telegraphs, wire

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1. Bruce Springsteen:

   ( We) didnt want to telegraph to the viewer what youre supposed to feel.

2. Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio:

   You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

3. Josh Campbell:

   There is so much garbage out there on these sites, also, rarely do these shooters telegraph in advance the carnage they are about to cause.

4. Albert Einstein:

   The wirless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat.

5. Rebekah Koffler:

   They're a little bit influenced by that and they wanted to telegraph to the policymakers the urgency.