noun ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The business of selling products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls to potential customers. uncountable

   "The newspaper started a telemarketing campaign to boost its subscriptions by calling non-subscribers."

2. 2
   the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

telecommerceteleselling

Example

More examples

"Cold calls are the primary function of the telemarketing department."

Etymology

Blend of telephone + marketing.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.