Channel

//ˈt͡ʃænəl//

Synonyms for "channel" (301 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Strong matches (90)

Related words (150)

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medium midchannel midstream millstream ministry moat monitor mouthpiece moving road narrow narrows navigable river neck newsmonger noise notifier ocean bottom opening organ out outcome outfall outgate outgo outlet overpass pass passage passageway path pipe pipeline pleat plow police band pore port portico press public relations officer publisher put through put through channels rabbet race racing stream radio radio channel railroad tunnel redundancy reporter rifle river rivulet road run rundle runlet runnel rut sally port score scratch sea lane seaway ship route shortwave band signal sike siphon slit slot sluice source spill stream spiracle split spokesman spout standard band steamer track steer strait straits streak stream stream action streamlet striate sublimate subterranean river sunk fence tap television teller throat tipster tout traject trajet trench trough tube tunnel underpass vehicle vent ventage venthole vomitory wadi watercourse waterway way way out weir witness wrinkle

Noun(9 words)

line passage side sound station strait television channel transmission channel tv channel

Verb(3 words)

transfer transmit transport

Related word relations

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14 relation types

More general

28 entries

TV station body of water bring channelise channelize communicating communication convey depression direct displace guide head impression imprint maneuver

Showing 16 of 28 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

conduct distribution channel duct groove transmit

Related terms

2 entries

canal the Channel

at location

7 entries

england europe river television town tv waterway

capable of

2 entries

direct water refer to television channel

derived

95 entries

Bashi Channel Beagle Channel Bristol Channel Channel Islands Channel Tunnel Channel-Port aux Basques Chunnel English Channel Gardos channel SOFAR channel TV channel alpha channel back channel back-channel

Showing 16 of 95 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

canal chainwale

has context

10 entries

broadcasting business communication electronics internet marketing nautical river storage technic

instance of

1 entries

manga

is a

9 entries

body of water change on tv communication manga passage physical path site television station transmission

manner of

1 entries

steer

related to

77 entries

band bank bar bay bed body canal chatroom circuit confine connect connection consist content convey course

Showing 16 of 77 words.

similar

3 entries

carry convey express

used for

15 entries

avoid signal confusion boating carry water to different area competing with other channels for eyeballs delivery of content distinguishing between two similar things moving water and floating things passage of ships pick up signal portion of frequency spectrum remote control to select selection by user swim view watching

Translations

345 translations across 76 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

kanaal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Albanian

2 entries

kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

διῶρυξ noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
ὀχετός noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)

Arabic

3 entries

قَنَاة noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
قَنَاة noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
قَنَاة noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Armenian

4 entries

ալիք noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
ալիք noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
հուն noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
նեղուց noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

boğaz noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
kanal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanal noun (electronics: connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit)
kanal noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)

Belarusian

4 entries

кана́л noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
кана́л noun (navigable part of a river)
кана́л noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)
кана́л noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Bengali

2 entries

চ্যানেল noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
চ্যানেল noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Bulgarian

4 entries

жлеб noun (groove, as in a fluted column)
кана́л noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
кана́л noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)
кана́л noun (communication: path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals)

Burmese

3 entries

မြစ်ကြော noun (navigable part of a river)
ရေကြောင်း noun (navigable part of a river)
ရေလက်ကြား noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Catalan

4 entries

canal noun (navigable part of a river)
canal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Chinese

2 entries

頻道 /频道 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
頻道 /频道 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

頻道 /频道 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
頻道 /频道 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

水渠 noun (navigable part of a river)
水道 noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
海峽 /海峡 noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
航路 noun (navigable part of a river)

Czech

2 entries

kanál noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
koryto noun (physical confine of a river or slough)

Danish

4 entries

kanal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
kanalisere verb (direct the flow)

Dutch

4 entries

bedding noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
kanaal noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
kanaal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanaal noun (navigable part of a river)

Esperanto

2 entries

kanalo noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)
kanalo noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Estonian

2 entries

kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Finnish

4 entries

kanaali noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
kanava noun (electronics: connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit)
kanava noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)
kanava noun (communication: path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals)

French

4 entries

Channel name (Channel, Newfoundland)
chaîne noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
chaîne noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
canaliser verb (direct the flow)

Galician

4 entries

canal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
canal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
canle noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
canle noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Georgian

2 entries

არხი noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
არხი noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

German

4 entries

Kanal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
Kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
Kannelierung noun (groove, as in a fluted column)

Greek

3 entries

κανάλι noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
κανάλι noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
διοχετεύω verb (direct the flow)

Hawaiian

2 entries

awa noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
awa noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Hebrew

3 entries

נְתִיב שַׁיִט noun (navigable part of a river)
עָרוּץ noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
תְּעָלָה noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)

Hindi

4 entries

कनाल noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
चैनल noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
चैनल noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
नहर noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)

Hungarian

1 entries

csatorna noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)

Icelandic

2 entries

farvegur noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanall noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

کانال noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
کانال noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
کانال noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Irish

4 entries

bealach noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
cainéal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
cainéal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
cainéal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Italian

4 entries

canale noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
canale noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
convogliare verb (direct the flow)
imitare verb (assume personality of other person)

Japanese

4 entries

チャンネル noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
チャンネル noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
水路 noun (navigable part of a river)
海峡 noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Kazakh

2 entries

канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Khmer

1 entries

ប្រឡាយ noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

чуэлльм noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Korean

4 entries

수로 noun (navigable part of a river)
채널 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
채널 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
해협 noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Latvian

4 entries

kanāls noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanāls noun (navigable part of a river)
kanāls noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanāls noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Lithuanian

4 entries

kanalas noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanalas noun (navigable part of a river)
kanalas noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanalas noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Macedonian

2 entries

канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Malay

3 entries

saluran noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
saluran noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
salurkan verb (direct the flow)

Malayalam

1 entries

ചാനൽ noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Marathi

3 entries

चॅनल name (Channel, Newfoundland)
चॅनल noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
वाहिनी noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Māori

4 entries

awa noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
hawai noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
hongere noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
maero noun (physical confine of a river or slough)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

kanal noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
kanal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanal noun (navigable part of a river)
kanal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

kanal noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
kanal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanal noun (navigable part of a river)
kanal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Old English

1 entries

ǣdre noun (physical confine of a river or slough)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

ییو noun (groove, as in a fluted column)

Polish

3 entries

kanał noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
koryto noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
kierować verb (direct the flow)

Portuguese

4 entries

canal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
canal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Romanian

4 entries

canal noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
canal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
canal noun (navigable part of a river)
canal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Russian

4 entries

кана́л noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
кана́л noun (navigable part of a river)
кана́л noun (electronics: connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit)
кана́л noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)

Samoan

2 entries

ava noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
ava noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

amar noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
amar noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
amar noun (navigable part of a river)
amar noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kànāl noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission via spectral or protocol separation)
kànāl noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kànāl noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
ка̀на̄л noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission via spectral or protocol separation)

Sindhi

1 entries

کارِي noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Slovak

4 entries

kanál noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanál noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
prieliv noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
riečisko noun (physical confine of a river or slough)

Slovene

3 entries

kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
preliv noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Spanish

4 entries

canal noun (navigable part of a river)
canal noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)
canal noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission via spectral or protocol separation)
canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Swahili

2 entries

chaneli noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
idhaa noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Swedish

4 entries

kanal noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
kanal noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
kanal noun (navigable part of a river)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Tagalog

4 entries

alunan noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)
alunan noun (communication: path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals)
alunan noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation)
alunan noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission via spectral or protocol separation)

Tahitian

1 entries

ava noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Tajik

2 entries

канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Thai

3 entries

ช่อง noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
ช่อง noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
ช่องแคบ noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Tongan

1 entries

ava noun (narrow body of water between two land masses)

Turkish

4 entries

kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)
mecra noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
mecra noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)

Turkmen

2 entries

kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Ukrainian

4 entries

кана́л noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)
кана́л noun (navigable part of a river)
кана́л noun (communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink)
кана́л noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Urdu

2 entries

چَینَل noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
چَینَل noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Uzbek

2 entries

kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Vietnamese

2 entries

kênh noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
kênh noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Welsh

2 entries

sianel noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
sianel noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television)

Zazaki

3 entries

gever (diq) noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
kenal noun (physical confine of a river or slough)
vay (diq) noun (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water)

Sample sentences

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The first man that succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain Webb.

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Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.

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The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.

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I'd like to set it to the movie channel.

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