Antonyms for telephone
ˈtɛl əˌfoʊntele·phone

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1. telephoneverb

   Synonyms:
   Ameche, blower, dog and bone, horn, phone, drop a line, call, ring, farspeaker

2. telephonenoun

   An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone).

   Synonyms:
   ring, call, phone, drop a line, Ameche, horn, blower, farspeaker, dog and bone

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1. telephone, phone, telephone setnoun

   electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

   "I talked to him on the telephone"

   Synonyms:
   sound, earphone, telephone set, phone, earpiece, headphone, telephony, speech sound

2. telephone, telephonyverb

   transmitting speech at a distance

   Synonyms:
   telephone set, telephony, phone

3. call, telephone, call up, phone, ringverb

   get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

   "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

   Synonyms:
   predict, forebode, band, prognosticate, bring forward, promise, phone, yell, call off, recollect, surround, shout out, retrieve, foretell, cry, peal, call in, scream, environ, holler, rally, mobilize, call up, echo, hollo, call, think, send for, knell, anticipate, border, address, visit, resound, shout, recall, mobilise, reverberate, name, call back, squall, bid, ring, remember, skirt

How to use telephone in a sentence?

1. Peter Swire:

   One (court) order would no longer authorize a bulk collection program, whether for telephone metadata or for other purposes.

2. Jimmy Morales:

   We are going to give (the telephone companies) school and government walls to paint their brand logos on to compensate them.

3. James Harrington:

   Mr. Bin al Shibh wanted a letter sent to his brother in Yemen which encouraged his brother's son, who was starting in a new school for him, to study hard, in a telephone call with the brother about the entire family, our interpreter told him that Ramzi wished his son well in his school.

4. Bill Maher:

   This is why I'm a little hopeful that this purity purge may end because it's starting to eat its own, eSPN reporter Rachel Nichols was a feminist success story but when she complained in a private telephone call about ESPN's crappy longtime record on diversity and expressed her view that she felt like she was being sacrificed by the network so they could make up for that crappy longtime record on diversity, the call was leaked and she was toast. Now, in addition to the fact that a person should have to love getting fired, even if it does achieve more equity, this was a private call ! Does ‘ private ’ mean anything anymore ? Apparently not !

5. Jennifer Butler:

   That’s important, infusing that hope that there is someone on the other end of the telephone.

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