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 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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How to use phone in a sentence?

1. John Lyon:

   [ They ] notified us that they were at a Target in Spring Valley, New York, but then they stopped returning our phone calls, wouldn't pick up the phone, wouldn't help us narrow down the time they were there.

2. George Soros:

   He made one phone call thanking me for my support, which was meant to last for five minutes, and I engaged him, and he had to spend another three minutes with me, so I dragged it out to eight minutes.

3. Michael Short:

   Looks like voters would have to worry about a lot more than the Lincoln Bedroom being for sale if Hillary Clinton were president, how can anyone believe she won't be influenced by the huge sums of cash once again being sent her way from governments all over the world? Is this who voters want taking that 3am phone call?

4. Orlando Police Chief John Mina:

   He was cool and calm when he was making those phone calls to us.

5. Michael Zona:

   Sen. Grassley sets aside at least eight 15-minute meetings each day to meet in-person or by phone with Iowans on a first-come-first-served basis to discuss policy issues, he also makes himself available for at least one QA in every county, every year as part of his annual 99 county meetings.

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