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Synonyms for cable
ˈkeɪ bəlca·ble

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Wiktionary4.5 / 2 votes

  1. cablenoun

    Synonyms:
    cord, wire rope, cablegram, cable length

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  2. cablenoun

    To provide with cable(s)

    Synonyms:
    wire rope, cable length, cablegram, cord

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  3. cablenoun

    To fasten (as if) with cable(s)

    Synonyms:
    cable length, cablegram, cord, wire rope

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  4. cablenoun

    To wrap wires to form a cable

    Synonyms:
    wire rope, cablegram, cord, cable length

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  5. cablenoun

    A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship

    Synonyms:
    cord, cable length, cablegram, wire rope

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  6. cablenoun

    (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables

    I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.

    Synonyms:
    wire rope, cord, cablegram, cable length

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  7. cablenoun

    Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna

    Synonyms:
    cable length, cord, wire rope, cablegram

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  8. cablenoun

    A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable

    Synonyms:
    wire rope, cablegram, cord, cable length

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  9. cablenoun

    A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile

    Synonyms:
    wire rope, cable length, cablegram, cord

    Antonyms:
    hawser

  10. cablenoun

    The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar

    Synonyms:
    cord, cablegram, wire rope, cable length

    Antonyms:
    hawser

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. cable, cablegram, overseas telegramnoun

    a telegram sent abroad

    Synonyms:
    line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

  2. cable, line, transmission linenoun

    a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

    Synonyms:
    cable system, course, billet, short letter, assembly line, crease, overseas telegram, argumentation, railway line, argument, pedigree, product line, cable television, parentage, melodic line, rail line, business line, contrast, communication channel, job, phone line, line of products, occupation, credit line, blood line, cablegram, line of reasoning, pipeline, descent, cable length, melodic phrase, stemma, channel, bank line, agate line, line of work, dividing line, stock, business, line of credit, furrow, lineage, wrinkle, line of merchandise, personal line of credit, note, origin, personal credit line, tune, line, line of descent, cable television service, melody, cable's length, telephone circuit, line of business, air, bloodline, transmission line, strain, telephone line, seam, crinkle, production line, subscriber line, ancestry, blood, logical argument, demarcation

  3. cablenoun

    a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

    Synonyms:
    line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

  4. cable, cable length, cable's lengthnoun

    a nautical unit of depth

    Synonyms:
    line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

  5. cable television, cablenoun

    television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

    Synonyms:
    line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable system, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, transmission line

  6. cable, cable television, cable system, cable television serviceverb

    a television system that transmits over cables

    Synonyms:
    line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

  7. cable, telegraph, wireverb

    send cables, wires, or telegrams

    Synonyms:
    wire, telegraph, electrify

  8. cableverb

    fasten with a cable

    "cable trees"

    Synonyms:
    wire, telegraph

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cable

    Synonyms:
    See Coaxial cable

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How to use cable in a sentence?

  1. Morris Chestnut:

    It's a cable feel on network.

  2. Patrick Drahi:

    I didn't follow up on the exchanges we had on Time Warner Cable that were evoked in the media because we were not ready.

  3. Barack Obama:

    Nancy is not always the best on a cable show or with a quick soundbite or what have you, but her skill, tenacity, toughness, vision, is remarkable. Her stamina, her ability to see around corners, her ability to stand her ground and do hard things and to suffer unpopularity to get the right thing done, I think, stands up against any person that I've observed or worked directly with in Washington during my lifetime.

  4. Anna Green Cross argued.McBurney:

    As a legal matter, everyone can talk at cocktail parties all they want and watch the cable news station of their choosing, but no matter what, it still does not amount to a legal matter conflict under Georgia law.

  5. Rory Cooper:

    There is a difference between letting a handful of senators go on their evening cable shows and blast the President's nominee and it being the central focus of the party.


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