ANTENNA: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ANTENNA?

Need another word that means the same as “antenna”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “antenna” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Antenna” are: feeler, aerial, tentacle, horn

Antenna as a Noun

Definitions of "Antenna" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “antenna” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A rod, wire, or other device used to transmit or receive radio or television signals; an aerial.
• The faculty of instinctively detecting and interpreting subtle signs.
• One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste.
• Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ.
• Either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods.
• An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.

Synonyms of "Antenna" as a noun (4 Words)

aerial	A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.
feeler	A tentative proposal intended to ascertain someone’s attitude or opinion. He has already put out feelers to local employers.
horn	The material mostly keratin that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails. Powdered rhino horn.
tentacle	Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold. Caught in the tentacles of organized crime.

Usage Examples of "Antenna" as a noun

• Bugs use their antennae to detect blood heat.
• He has the political antennae of a party whip.
• A TV antenna.
• He had a special antenna for public relations.

Associations of "Antenna" (30 Words)

acutely	Changing suddenly in direction and degree. The whole situation was acutely embarrassing.
aerial	Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air- Thomas Carlyle. Aerial cable cars.
barb	A cluster of spikes on barbed wire. His barb hurt more than she cared to admit.
broadcast	Broadcast over the airwaves as in radio or television. We don t want to broadcast our unhappiness to the world.
broadcaster	A mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions. He became a successful broadcaster both on television and the wireless.
broadcasting	The transmission of programmes or information by radio or television. The state monopoly on broadcasting.
cable	Provide an area with power lines or with the equipment necessary for cable television. Nearly all urban areas are cabled so viewers can choose from up to 20 channels.
camera	A device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, film, or video signals. A photographer s camera flashed.
cameraman	A photographer who operates a movie camera.
clip	An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress. He could do ten at a clip.
clock	A mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures. Beware of motorists who clock their car before selling it.
commentary	An expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation. A commentary on the Old Testament.
drama	A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage. A hostage drama.
ethereal	Of heaven or the spirit. This smallest and most ethereal of birds.
gaff	Seize or impale with a gaff. The whales are gaffed speared or knifed to death.
mast	A tall upright post on land, especially a flagpole or a television or radio transmitter.
newscaster	Someone who broadcasts the news.
radio	Indicating radiation or radioactivity. He switched the radio on.
satellite	Satellite television. A communications satellite.
serrate	Serrated. Leaves with serrate margins.
serrated	Having or denoting a jagged edge; sawlike. A knife with a serrated edge.
sharply	With a sudden, piercing physical sensation or effect; intensely. A sharply observed account.
telecast	A television broadcast. The programme will be telecast simultaneously to nearly 150 cities.
telegraph	Send a message by telegraph. I must go and telegraph Mama.
television	A device with a screen for receiving television signals. A television camera.
tripod	The bronze altar at Delphi on which a priestess sat to utter oracles.
tv	Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects. The British call a tv set a telly.
unsubstantial	Having little or no solidity, reality, or factual basis. A pretty if unsubstantial cubist composition.
vcr	A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
wire	Fasten with wire. They wired his jaw.