Synonyms for telephone
ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 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, earphone, telephone set, phone, earpiece, headphone, telephony, speech sound

2. telephone, telephony(verb)

   transmitting speech at a distance

   Synonyms:
   telephone set, telephony, phone

3. 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, 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, skirt

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1. telephone(noun)

   Synonyms:
   farspeaker, Ameche, blower, dog and bone, horn, phone, drop a line, call, ring

2. telephone(verb)

   To contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone.

   Synonyms:
   dog and bone, phone, farspeaker, blower, horn, Ameche, drop a line, call, ring

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

1. List of paraphrases:

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

How to pronounce telephone?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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How to use telephone in a sentence?

1. Guyo Galicha Iyya:

   We must capitalize on the number of people present here, because it is a challenge reaching out to everybody given the huge size of the county, poor infrastructure, and a poor telephone and communication network.

2. Rita Redberg:

   Look for primary care physicians that have 24 hour-telephone triage available so that you can ask questions of a trained professional if you are not sure if you need to seek medical attention, or are best off at home with rest and fluids, by seeking medical attention, particularly at a urgent care or retail clinic, you are likely to get an unnecessary antibiotic, which may be harmful for you.

3. Guy Albert Lombardo:

   Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half-especially if he has a teenage daughter.

4. Jerrold Mundis:

   I am years gone from my family and miles away ... but they raid by telephone with jarring suddenness they have the cyclic constancy of a mortgage and they are inevitable and relentless, like the erosion of my remaining youth. Like certain frightening dreams, my family returns.

5. Ernie Carswell:

   Emails, telephone calls — we may see upwards of 500 calls a day.

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