Synonyms for phone
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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 paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "phone":

   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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How to use phone in a sentence?

1. Andrew Hsu:

   It’s one of the reasons why the mobile phone has more processing power than the computers used to send a man to the moon.

2. Polyana Viana:

   He asked me the time, I said it, and I saw he wasn't going to leave, and then he said,' Give me the phone. Don't try to react, because I'm armed.' Then he put his hand over [ a gun ], but I realized it was too soft.

3. Jim Herman:

   The president of the United States called me and wished me good luck today and congratulated me on a couple of good rounds the first two days here, pretty interesting getting a phone call from the president.

4. Marietta Police Officer Matt Hickey:

   I really, really do appreciate him (drafting the bill), i guess a number of phone calls got to him, and he decided to do something.

5. Alberto Perlman:

   We envision as the headsets get lighter and the technology gets better, you'll be able to be in a Zumba class at home, the average person will go into a store, buy a piece of elastic casing, put it on their phone, and download the class.

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