Synonyms for phone
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Princeton's WordNet(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. telephone, phone, telephone set(noun)

   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, telephone, earphone, telephone set, earpiece, headphone, telephony, speech sound

2. phone, speech sound, sound(noun)

   (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

   Synonyms:
   sound, telephone, speech sound, earphone, telephone set, audio, strait, headphone, auditory sensation, earpiece

3. earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone(noun)

   electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

   "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"

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

4. call, telephone, call up, phone, ring(verb)

   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, 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, telephone, skirt

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   telephone, tel, phones, telephony, telephones, telefónica, cellphone, call, portable, telefono, phone-based, telephonic

How to pronounce phone?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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1. Mia Lieberman:

   I don't think consumers should rely on a UV device that's commercially available to eradicate coronavirus on their phone, i don't think we have the data to know how much it helps.

2. Javier Soch and Seth Ortega:

   The game is no different, when we’re walking around we take turns we kind of glance at the phone while the other looks up and around, it’s just something that we’re taught to do.

3. Dale Perry:

   I had a conversation with, a phone call with Rudy Guiliani about it.

4. Dana Goward:

   As short-term backup clocks start to desynchronize with each other ...  cell phone towers start to fail, IT networks slow down or fail, financial systems are impacted, management of the electrical grid becomes problematic. That is the really scary part.

5. Julia Trainor:

   I had to put him on the phone and hold the phone to her ear as he told her that he loved her so much, and then I had to wipe away her tears, i'm used to seeing very sick patients and I'm used to patients dying, but nothing quite like this.

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