"The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."
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Phone
/foʊ̯n/
Synonyms for "phone" (168 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (34)
Noun(9 words)
allophonealveolaramplitudeapico-alveolarapico-dentalarticulationaspirationassimilationauditory effectauditory phenomenonbilabialbuzzcacuminalcallcall boxcall upcerebralcheckcoin telephoneconsonant
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Strong matches (50)
dentaldesk telephonedialdial telephonediphthongdissimilationearphoneepenthetic vowelexplosiveextensiongive a ringglideglottalglottalizationgutturalhang upheadphonehold the phonehydrophoneidiophone
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labiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlaryngeallaterallingualliquidlisten inloudnessmake a callmanner of articulationmicrophonemodification
Noun(15 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (84)
monophthongmorphophonememouthpiecemutenasalnoiseocclusiveoptophonepalatalparasitic vowelpay stationpeakpharyngealpharyngealizationphonemeplosiveprothetic vowelpublic telephonepush-button telephoneradiophone
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radiotelephonereceiverretroflexringring offring upsegmental phonemesemivowelsonancesonantsonoritysoundsound intensity levelsound propagationsound wavespeech soundstopsurdsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletelephonetelephone boothtelephone engineeringtelephone extensiontelephone mechanicstelephone receivertelephonicstelephonytransition soundtransmittransmittertriphthongultrasoundvelarvocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoiced soundvoiceless soundvoicingvowelwall telephone
Noun(13 words)
piperadiotelephonesreceiverreportring upringingringssmartphonesoundspeech soundtelephone settelephoneswork contact number
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriescommunicatecommunication devicecontactcontributedevice componentelectro-acoustic transducerelectronic equipmentinformlanguage unitlinguistic unitmobile devicetelecommunicatetelecommunication devicetelephone component
More specific
13 entriescall incamera phonecellphonedialearpiecegaming phonelandlinemouthpiecephabletphone inringring insmartphone
Collocations
11 entriescellphonelandline phonemake a phone callphone a colleaguephone bookphone callphone chargerphone linephone numberphone servicephone system
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Where can one make a phone call?
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I was about to go out when the phone rang.
Source: tatoeba (2324)
How can you have a laptop and not a cell phone?
Source: tatoeba (2408)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.