Synonyms for cable
ˈkeɪ bəlca·ble

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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 WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Conductor
   • Fasten
   • Linear Unit
   • Rope
   • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy
   • Television

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

1. List of paraphrases for "cable":

   wire, cord, cables, câble, wires, câblodistribution, rope, hkctv, wiring, wired, cabling, wireline, lead, telegram, télédistribution, cords, towline

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cable

   Synonyms:
   See Coaxial cable
   

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1. Vinay Menon:

   There was an academic survey about a decade ago that found viewers who watch no news were better informed than those who watched Fox News. This might be hilarious if Fox News wasn't also the most watched cable network in America. Then it's terrifying.

2. Jason Goldman:

   So, for those who've cut the cord from cable and network TV: whether you use a smart TV, web browser, mobile device, or tablet, there's a way for you to watch the president's speech as it happens and on-demand.

3. Steve Deace:

   Fox kills everybody in the cable news ratings, but their primetime viewership is like 4 percent of the people who voted in the 2012 election. The average O'Reilly viewer is, like, 70, the average Iowa caucus goer is not the average Fox viewer.

4. Tim Dixon:

   I think the difference is partisan cable television came many years earlier in the United States than any other country, and I think that's really had a significant effect.

5. Vodafone Chief Executive Vittorio Colao:

   We are stronger in mobile and in enterprise but we are reliant on wholesale access for fiber, ziggo has a nationwide cable and fiber network, scale in high-speed broadband and leadership in TV, but today is reliant on wholesale ... access on Vodafone's network.