Synonyms for telegraph
ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑftele·graph

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1. telegraph, telegraphyverb

   apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

   Synonyms:
   telegraphy

2. cable, telegraph, wireverb

   send cables, wires, or telegrams

   Synonyms:
   cable, wire, electrify

Matched Categories

1. • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. telegraphnoun

   Synonyms:
   semaphore

2. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph

3. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   WIRE, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram

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1. List of paraphrases for "telegraph":

   telegraphic, telegram, telegraphy, telegraphs, wire

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1. John McCain:

   Maybe it was through some medium that I'm not familiar with. Maybe bouncing it off the ozone layer, for all I know, there's a lot of holes in the ozone layer, so maybe it wasn't the ozone layer that he bounced it off of. Maybe it was through hand telegraph, maybe sign language, who knows?

2. Steve Warren:

   We do not normally telegraph future operations, so I will not comment on that. He also mentioned that we were providing ISR over Tikrit. I am prepared to confirm that.

3. Steve Warren:

   I'm not going to telegraph anything.

4. Steve Warren:

   I'm not going to tell you you're wrong, but I'm also not going to telegraph our punches.

5. Arthur C. Clarke, First on the Moon, 1970:

   A hundred years ago, the electric telegraph made possible - indeed, inevitable - the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a United Nations of Earth; let us hope that the transition period will not be equally bloody.