Synonyms for téléphone
ˈtɛl əˌfoʊntéléphone

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

2. telephone, telephonyverb

   transmitting speech at a distance

   Synonyms:
   telephone, 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, telephone, skirt

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "telephone":

   phone, tel, telephony, téléphone, phones, telefónica, telephones, telephonic, call, telephone-based, calls, phone-based, voice

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1. Robert C. Byrd:

   Well, Mr. Secretary, I lived in a house without electricity too. No running water, no telephone...I can stand toe-to-toe with you. in response to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill

2. Lauriann Wright:

   At no time did Jodi Montgomery express to Jamie Spears that Jamie Spears would currently qualify for such a hold, the concern that Jodi Montgomery did raise to Jamie Spears during Jamie Spears telephone call is that forcing Jamie Spears to take the stand to testify or to have Jodi Montgomery evaluated would move the needle in the wrong direction for Jodi Montgomery mental health.

3. Phil Collins:

   I was playing with some toys with Prince Charles, and I proceeded to kind of like throw something at him, like throw a toy telephone at his head, which, again, all the air was sucked out of the room.

4. Hunter Biden:

   I think we may have logged close to 1,000 hours on the telephone.

5. Harold Feld:

   Right now, the FCC has designated [the Internet] as a telecommunications service —like a phone service which includes all of the rules that apply to prevent [a company] from blocking or throttling or favoring one company over another, the real question, to some degree, is: is the Internet going to work like the old telephone where you get to decide who you called and what you do or is it going to become more like cable?