Synonyms for television
ˈtɛl əˌvɪʒ əntele·vi·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 7 votes

1. television, telecasting, TV, videonoun

   broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

   "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs

   Synonyms:
   television set, idiot box, picture, television receiver, tv set, tv, television system, telecasting, video recording, goggle box, telly, boob tube, video

2. television, television systemnoun

   a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

   Synonyms:
   television set, idiot box, television receiver, tv set, tv, television system, telecasting, goggle box, telly, boob tube, video

3. television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle boxnoun

   an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

   "the British call a tv set a telly"

   Synonyms:
   television set, idiot box, television receiver, tv set, tv, television system, telecasting, goggle box, telly, boob tube, video

Matched Categories

1. • Receiver
   • Television

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "television":

   tv, télévision, televisão, broadcasting

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1. Ian Daniel:

   What I take from that is there was a need for these stories, and we’re fulfilling that on some level, there’s a lack of diversity in storytelling, especially on television… and it’s not just about LGBT people, it’s people of color, it’s all minorities… we just need to be aware of what people are experiencing. If you’re not experiencing that and you’re a producer or filmmaker, just take the time to educate yourself a little bit, or to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, and I think that just makes for better content everywhere. For our show, we just want people to have some sort of visceral reaction. Hopefully they like it, but it’s cool if people don’t and we can create a dialogue and have a real conversation.

2. Phillip Rolen:

   I ’m patriotic, military tradition is rich in Phillip Rolen family. I reached out to the school to get their side of the story, but no one returned my telephone calls. In a statement to the NBC television affiliate in Dallas the school district defended itself against accusations they were being unpatriotic.

3. Betty White:

   Somebody said something the other day about first lady of television, and I took it as a big compliment, then came the punchline,' And then I heard her talking to her daughter a little later, and she said,' first lady, she's that old. She was the first one way back.'.

4. Gayle Stever:

   It’s the same reason we seek out films and television shows that produce emotional experiences – ‘I want to have a good cry,’ i think celebrity culture functions kind of similarly.

5. Kevin Powell:

   We have watched folks on national television talk race, gender and sex, relationships, addictions, and engage in all kinds of behavior, including Charlie Sheen leading up to his HIV-positive announcement, this is why he is being hailed on social media for coming forth. Because as wild and dysfunctional as Charlie's life has been, he really is us, and we are him.