Synonyms for telephone
ˈtɛl əˌfoʊntele·phone

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

2. telephone, telephonyverb

   transmitting speech at a distance

   Synonyms:
   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, 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. Bob Barnes:

   That picture is going to mean something, it could be a telephone pole — but it’s going to mean something, wherever I am.

2. 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.

3. Marco Schoeder:

   We are committed to continue investing to improve the quality of mobile, broadband, pay TV and fixed line telephone services to meet the needs of our clients.

4. Sir William Preece:

   The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.

5. John Lewis:

   We do not want our freedom gradually ; we want to be free now, sometimes when I look back and think about it, how did we do what we did ? How did we succeed ? We didn't have a website. We didn't have a cellular telephone.