Synonyms for cable
ˈkeɪ bəlca·ble

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1. cablenoun

   Synonyms:
   cord, wire rope, cablegram, cable length

   Antonyms:
   hawser

2. cablenoun

   To provide with cable(s)

   Synonyms:
   wire rope, cable length, cablegram, cord

   Antonyms:
   hawser

3. cablenoun

   To fasten (as if) with cable(s)

   Synonyms:
   cable length, cablegram, cord, wire rope

   Antonyms:
   hawser

4. cablenoun

   To wrap wires to form a cable

   Synonyms:
   wire rope, cablegram, cord, cable length

   Antonyms:
   hawser

5. cablenoun

   A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship

   Synonyms:
   cord, cable length, cablegram, wire rope

   Antonyms:
   hawser

6. cablenoun

   (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables

   I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.

   Synonyms:
   wire rope, cord, cablegram, cable length

   Antonyms:
   hawser

7. cablenoun

   Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna

   Synonyms:
   cable length, cord, wire rope, cablegram

   Antonyms:
   hawser

8. cablenoun

   A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable

   Synonyms:
   wire rope, cablegram, cord, cable length

   Antonyms:
   hawser

9. cablenoun

   A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile

   Synonyms:
   wire rope, cable length, cablegram, cord

   Antonyms:
   hawser

10. cablenoun

    The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar

    Synonyms:
    cord, cablegram, wire rope, cable length

    Antonyms:
    hawser

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. cable, cablegram, overseas telegramnoun

   a telegram sent abroad

   Synonyms:
   line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

2. cable, line, transmission linenoun

   a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

   Synonyms:
   cable system, course, billet, short letter, assembly line, crease, overseas telegram, argumentation, railway line, argument, pedigree, product line, cable television, parentage, melodic line, rail line, business line, contrast, communication channel, job, phone line, line of products, occupation, credit line, blood line, cablegram, line of reasoning, pipeline, descent, cable length, melodic phrase, stemma, channel, bank line, agate line, line of work, dividing line, stock, business, line of credit, furrow, lineage, wrinkle, line of merchandise, personal line of credit, note, origin, personal credit line, tune, line, line of descent, cable television service, melody, cable's length, telephone circuit, line of business, air, bloodline, transmission line, strain, telephone line, seam, crinkle, production line, subscriber line, ancestry, blood, logical argument, demarcation

3. cablenoun

   a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

   Synonyms:
   line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

4. cable, cable length, cable's lengthnoun

   a nautical unit of depth

   Synonyms:
   line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

5. cable television, cablenoun

   television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

   Synonyms:
   line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable system, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, transmission line

6. cable, cable television, cable system, cable television serviceverb

   a television system that transmits over cables

   Synonyms:
   line, cable television, overseas telegram, cable's length, cable length, cablegram, cable television service, cable system, transmission line

7. cable, telegraph, wireverb

   send cables, wires, or telegrams

   Synonyms:
   wire, telegraph, electrify

8. cableverb

   fasten with a cable

   "cable trees"

   Synonyms:
   wire, telegraph

Matched Categories

1. • Conductor
   • Fasten
   • Linear Unit
   • Rope
   • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy
   • Television

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

1. List of paraphrases for "cable":

   wire, cord, cables, câble, wires, câblodistribution, rope, hkctv, wiring, wired, cabling, wireline, lead, telegram, télédistribution, cords, towline

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cable

   Synonyms:
   See Coaxial cable
   

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1. State Department aide David Holmes:

   I was surprised the requirement was so specific and concrete, while we had advised our Ukrainian counterparts to voice a commitment to following the rule of law and generally to investigating credible corruption allegations, this was a demand that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky personally commit to a specific investigation of President Trump's political rival on a cable news channel.

2. Century Fox Rupert Murdoch:

   In less than two months, Tucker has taken cable news by storm with his spirited interviews and consistently strong performance, viewers have overwhelmingly responded to the show and we look forward to him being a part of Fox News’ powerful primetime line-up.

3. Vodafone Chief Executive Vittorio Colao:

   We are stronger in mobile and in enterprise but we are reliant on wholesale access for fiber, ziggo has a nationwide cable and fiber network, scale in high-speed broadband and leadership in TV, but today is reliant on wholesale ... access on Vodafone's network.

4. Bari Weiss:

   But I'm sorry, if you're watching cable news all day, right ? Getty Images's what you're gon na think, there is misinformation and not just on podcasts and the internet. It's also on cable news. I think the biggest thing to me about the Democrats is … the Democrats is supposed to be the party of the little guy … You know what the Democrats are now comfortable with, or seemingly comfortable with ? A two-tiered system in which the haves get to go into a restaurant, laugh with their friends for hours and the people serving them are masked and wearing gloves. Where they get to walk, as AOC did, at the Met Gala while in the background the staff looked like they were in' The Handmaid's Tale.' I mean, this is, this is a look that is unbelievably detrimental to them.

5. Don Lemon:

   It's been a really tough day, today, and a tough few days for us here at CNN, so the truth is that we're all heartbroken because we lost our leader here. We lost a man who was the backbone, the glue and the spirit of this company, the man who I personally credit with change in my life, the man who believed in me when nobody else did. He is the reason that you have a gay, Black man with two hours of primetime, a show with my name on it, the only anchor of color in primetime on cable news, think about that. You want to talk about diversity? Here it is.