Thesaurus:phone

Thesaurus

phone

English

Noun

Sense: a device for talking across distances

Synonyms

• phone
• telephone    [⇒ thesaurus]
• blower (slang)
• pipe (slang)
• Ameche (slang)
• dog and bone (Cockney slang)
• horn

Hyponyms

• cell phone (US, Canada)
• cellular
• cellular phone
• cordless phone
• dial phone
• dumbphone
• feature phone
• flip phone
• mobile
• mobile phone (UK, Australia)
• mobile telephone
• smartphone

Hypernyms

• device    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• cord
• dial
• handset
• microphone
• ringer
• speaker    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• telephone box
• phone box
• telephone booth
• telephone kiosk

Further reading

• “phone” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “phone” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.