Thesaurus:phone

Thesaurus:phone

THESAURUS

phone

English

Synonyms

• phone

• telephone    [WS]

• blower

• farspeaker

• Ameche (slang)

• dog and bone (Cockney slang)

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    [WS]

Meronyms

• cord

• dial

• handset

• microphone

• ringer

• speaker    [WS]

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.