Need another word that means the same as “phone”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “phone” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Phone” are: sound, speech sound, telephone, telephone set, earphone, earpiece, headphone, mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, car phone, radiotelephone, videophone, extension, call, call up, ring, give someone a call, give someone a ring, get someone on the phone, get on the phone to, get, reach, dial, make a call, place a call, make a call to, place a call to
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “phone” as a noun can have the following definitions:
car phone | Where passengers ride up and down. |
cell phone | A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement. |
earphone | An electrical device worn on the ear to receive radio or telephone communications or to listen to a radio, MP3 player, etc. It was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked. |
earpiece | The part of a pair of glasses that fits around the ear. |
extension | Permission granted to licensed premises for the sale of alcoholic drinks until later than usual. Most applications provide extensions for the files they create. |
headphone | Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear. |
mobile | A mobile phone. Brightly coloured mobiles rotated from the ceiling. |
mobile phone | Sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents. |
radiotelephone | Telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire. |
sound | Sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations as opposed to noise. The sound of the Beatles. |
speech sound | Something spoken. |
telephone | An instrument used as part of a telephone system typically a single unit including a handset with a transmitting microphone and a set of numbered buttons by which a connection can be made to another such instrument. A telephone receiver. |
telephone set | Transmitting speech at a distance. |
videophone | A telephone device transmitting and receiving a visual image as well as sound. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “phone” as a verb can have the following definitions:
call | Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal. He had promised Celia he would call in at the clinic. |
call up | Make a prediction about; tell in advance. |
dial | Choose by means of a dial. Company employees dial out from their office. |
get | Take vengeance on or get even. Where did she get these news. |
get on the phone to | Receive as a retribution or punishment. |
get someone on the phone | Perceive by hearing. |
give someone a call | Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man. |
give someone a ring | Move in order to make room for someone for something. |
make a call | Have a bowel movement. |
make a call to | Reach a destination, either real or abstract. |
place a call | Finish second or better in a horse or dog race. |
place a call to | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
reach | Reach a destination either real or abstract. The show is due to reach our screens early next year. |
ring | Attach a ring to the foot of in order to identify. In the mid 1850s there were fines for not ringing swine. |
telephone | Contact someone using the telephone. Barbara had telephoned the news. |
bell | Attach a bell to. The young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them. |
booth | A table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches. Check the voter list at the local booth or election office. |
broadband | Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies. A broadband antenna. |
button | A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes. A dress that buttoned down the front. |
call | A direction in a square dance given by the caller. The call for action was welcomed. |
caller | A racing or sports commentator. A special advice line was swamped by hundreds of callers. |
camera | Equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other. She faced the cameras. |
carillon | A tune played on a carillon. |
chime | Emit a sound. The chimes of Big Ben. |
consignee | The person to whom merchandise is delivered over. |
contact | Electronics a junction where things as two electrical conductors touch or are in physical contact. He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia. |
cordless | A cordless phone. I keep the cordless with me at all times. |
dial | Choose by means of a dial. Dial a telephone number. |
doorbell | A bell in a building which can be rung by visitors outside to signal their arrival. Charlotte rang the doorbell. |
electronically | By electronic means. Online services that can be accessed electronically. |
fax | A machine for transmitting and receiving faxes. He received the report by fax. |
intercom | An electrical device allowing one-way or two-way communication. A special intercom linking the theatre with the pathology lab. |
joystick | A manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers. |
listed | Relating to or denoting companies whose shares are quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. A 15th century Grade I listed building. |
pager | A small radio device, activated from a central point, which emits a series of bleeps or vibrates to inform the wearer that someone wishes to contact them or that it has received a short text message. |
paging | The system of numbering pages. The public address system in the hospital was used for paging. |
radio | An apparatus for receiving radio programmes. She has written much material for radio. |
receiver | A football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass. The receiver of a gift. |
resonant | Serving to bring to mind. The prints are resonant with traditions of Russian folk art and story. |
ring | A ring shaped or circular object. Dark shadows ringed his eyes. |
ringing | The sound of a bell ringing E A Poe. The Russian leader received a ringing declaration of support. |
telephone | An instrument used as part of a telephone system typically a single unit including a handset with a transmitting microphone and a set of numbered buttons by which a connection can be made to another such instrument. He telephoned his wife at 9 30. |
telephony | Transmitting speech at a distance. Telephony and data transmission. |
vibrancy | The state of being full of energy and life. The vibrancy of her voice fills up the room. |
wireless | Broadcasting, computer networking, or other communication using radio signals, microwaves, etc. Listening to the news on the wireless. |
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