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. Gordon Lightfoot:

   I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.

2. Chuck Peters:

   Our communities don’t need a new mobile application, website, newspaper or television broadcast. They need the ability to define the critical issues in the community, connect with those who care about those issues and have a trusted source of information about the issues.

3. Erica Rodriguez:

   Today is the day, nobody here is working. Everybody is glued to the television waiting for more information about when Venezuela will be free.

4. Alan Harmer:

   Last weekend it was mostly Japanese and German tourists on board because it had been featured on Japanese and German television recently, project Redsands've always had ideas to turn it into some type of accommodation and while this latest proposal seems a bit extreme -- I'm not sure it will turn out exactly as proposed -- it's always been something Project Redsands've had on the cards.

5. Rod Rosenstein:

   As with most things in Washington, the real work is not done on television and it is not all done by me, trump administration officials are meeting and talking to your staffs every day to accommodate requests and produce relevant information to this committee, other committees and several Senate committees.