Synonyms for antenna
ænˈtɛn ə; -ˈtɛn ian·ten·na

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1. antennanoun

   For multiple feelers the Anglicised plural, antennas, is used only rarely in scholarly works in the life sciences. In other subjects and in less formal settings, antennas is found with increased frequency.

   Synonyms:
   feeler

2. antennanoun

   Synonyms:
   aerial

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1. antenna, aerial, transmitting aerialnoun

   an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

   Synonyms:
   transmitting aerial, aerial, forward pass, feeler

2. antenna, feelernoun

   sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ

   "he had a special antenna for public relations"

   Synonyms:
   barbel, approach, advance, feeler, overture, aerial, transmitting aerial

3. antenna, feelernoun

   one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste

   Synonyms:
   barbel, approach, advance, feeler, overture, aerial, transmitting aerial

Matched Categories

1. • Sensitivity
   • Tentacle

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1. List of paraphrases for "antenna":

   antennae, antena, antennas, antenne, aerial, sub-office, antennal, dish, air, on-air, broadcasting, shorty, aerials, ant

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1. Frank Gehrke:

   Except for the flagpole and the antenna, you would not know that there is a building there.

2. Emirates President Tim Clark:

   We were not aware that the power of the antennas in the United States [ has ] been doubled compared to what's going on elsewhere. We were not aware that the antenna themselves have been put into a vertical position rather than a slight slanting position, so on that basis we took that decision late last night to suspend all our services until we had clarity.

3. Hugh Elliott:

   Miracles You do not have to look for them. They are there, 24 7, beaming like radio waves all around you. Put up the antenna, turn up the volume - snap... crackle... this just in, every person you talk to is a chance to change the world...

4. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay:

   Radio telescopes on Earth can not see cosmic radio waves at about 33 feet( 10 meters) or longer because of our ionosphere, so there's a whole region of the universe that we simply can not see, but previous ideas of building a radio antenna on the Moon have been very resource intensive and complicated, so we were compelled to come up with something different.

5. Louise Hartley:

   You have the antenna attached to the top here, and then you would have a battery pack attached to the bottom here. When an image is taken there's a separate unit called the satellite node, and the images are sent via radio frequency to the satellite node and then the satellite node uses the Iridium Satellite Network to send that image to where you need it.