Synonyms of the word

telephone

• n. A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another…
• n. (Canada, US) Chinese whispers.
• v. To (attempt to) contact someone using the telephone.

call

• n. A telephone conversation.
• n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
• n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
• n. A cry or shout.
• n. A decision or judgement.
• n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
• n. A beckoning or summoning.
• n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
• n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
• n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
• n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.).
• n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
• n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
• n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
• n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
• n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
• n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
• n. A pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
• n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
• n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
• n. (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description…
• v. (heading) To use one's voice.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
• v. (heading) To name, identify or describe.
• v. (heading, sports) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
• v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
• v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
• v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to…

phone

• n. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
• v. (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone.
• n. (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as…

ring

• n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
• n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
• n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
• n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a…
• n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
• n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
• n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
• n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
• n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
• n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level,…
• n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
• v. (transitive) To surround or enclose.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
• v. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
• v. (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
• v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
• n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
• n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
• n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
• n. (colloquial) A telephone call.
• n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
• n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
• v. (intransitive) Of a bell, to produce sound.
• v. (transitive) To make (a bell) produce sound.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
• v. (transitive, colloquial, Britain, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
• v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
• v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
• v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
• n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation…
• n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative…

telecom

• n. (informal) Telecommunication or telecommunications.
• n. (informal) A telco (phone company) or telecom company.

telecommunicate

• v. To communicate over a long distance, often across the internet.

telecommunication

• n. (uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric,…
• n. (countable) A message so transmitted.
• n. (in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals.

telephony

• n. The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
• n. The study and application of telephone technology.