I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number.
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Receiver
//ɹəˈsi.vɚ//
Synonyms for "receiver" (156 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (78)
Noun(7 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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5 entrieslocated near
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
189 translations across 50 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- gehoorstuk noun (telephone handset)
- ontvanger noun (person who receives)
Arabic
4 entries- رَادِيُو noun (electronic device)
- سَمَّاعَة noun (telephone handset)
- مُسْتَلِم noun (person who receives)
- مُسْتَلِمَة noun (person who receives)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qəbuledici noun (electronic device)
Belarusian
4 entries- атрыма́льнік noun (person who receives)
- атрыма́льніца noun (person who receives)
- атрыма́ч noun (person who receives)
- атрыма́чка noun (person who receives)
Bulgarian
4 entries- получа́тел noun (person who receives)
- получа́телка noun (person who receives)
- посреща́ч noun (in tennis)
- прие́мник noun (electronic device)
Catalan
1 entries- receptor noun (electronic device)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 受話器 /受话器 noun (telephone handset)
- 收件人 noun (person who receives)
- 收音機 /收音机 noun (electronic device)
- 聽筒 /听筒 noun (telephone handset)
Czech
4 entries- adresát noun (person who receives)
- adresátka noun (person who receives)
- přijímač noun (electronic device)
- přijímač noun (electronic device that receives and converts signal)
Danish
4 entries- hæler noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
- modtager noun (person who receives)
- modtager noun (electronic device)
- modtager noun (electronic device that receives and converts signal)
Dutch
2 entries- curator noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- hoorn noun (telephone handset)
Esperanto
2 entries- aŭdilo noun (telephone handset)
- aŭskultilo noun (telephone handset)
Finnish
4 entries- kuuloke noun (telephone handset)
- laatikko noun (part of a firearm containing the action)
- laitahyökkääjä noun (in American football)
- lukonkehys noun (part of a firearm containing the action)
French
4 entries- destinataire noun (person who receives)
- receleur noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
- receveur noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- récepteur noun (electronic device)
Galician
1 entries- receptor noun (electronic device)
Georgian
1 entries- მიმღები noun (electronic device)
German
4 entries- Empfangsgerät noun (electronic device)
- Empfänger noun (person who receives)
- Empfänger noun (electronic device)
- Hehler noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
Greek
4 entries- ακουστικό noun (telephone handset)
- αποδέκτης noun (person who receives)
- δέκτης noun (electronic device)
- κλεπταποδόχος noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַקְלֵט noun (electronic device)
Hindi
2 entries- प्राप्तकर्ता noun (person who receives)
- रिसीवर noun (telephone handset)
Hungarian
4 entries- csődbiztos noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- csődgondnok noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- csődtömeggondnok noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- címzett noun (person who receives)
Irish
4 entries- gabhdán noun ((chemistry) vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases)
- glacadán noun (telephone handset)
- glacadóir noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- glacadóir noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
Italian
2 entries- cornetta noun (electronic device)
- ricettatore noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
Japanese
3 entries- 受信機 noun (electronic device)
- 受取人 noun (person who receives)
- 受話器 noun (telephone handset)
Kashubian
1 entries- słëchôwka noun (telephone handset)
Kazakh
2 entries- қабылдаушы noun (person who receives)
- қабылдауыш noun (electronic device)
Korean
4 entries- 받는 사람 noun (person who receives)
- 수신기 noun (electronic device)
- 수신인 noun (person who receives)
- 수취인 noun (person who receives)
Lao
1 entries- ຫູໂທລະສັບ noun (telephone handset)
Latin
1 entries- cūrātor bonōrum noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
Macedonian
4 entries- приемник noun (electronic device)
- примател noun (person who receives)
- примателка noun (person who receives)
- примач noun (person who receives)
Malay
1 entries- penerima noun (person who receives)
Middle English
2 entries- recettour noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
- receyvour noun (person who receives)
Māori
2 entries- kawereo noun (electronic device that receives and converts signal)
- kawereo noun (telephone handset)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- wergir noun (person who receives)
Norwegian
3 entries- heler noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
- mottaker noun (person who receives)
- mottaker noun (electronic device)
Occitan
1 entries- receptor noun (electronic device)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- примач noun (electronic device that receives and converts signal)
Persian
1 entries- گوشی noun (telephone handset)
Polish
4 entries- biorca noun (person who receives)
- odbiorca noun (person who receives)
- odbiorczyni noun (person who receives)
- odbiornik noun (electronic device)
Portuguese
4 entries- destinatário noun (person who receives)
- recebedor noun (person who receives)
- receptador noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
- receptor noun (electronic device)
Russian
4 entries- ко́нкурсный управля́ющий noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- получа́тель noun (person who receives)
- получа́тельница noun (person who receives)
- приёмник noun (electronic device)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- slȕšalica noun (telephone handset)
- stečajni upravitelj noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- слу̏шалица noun (telephone handset)
- стечајни управитељ noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
Slovak
4 entries- prijímač noun (electronic device)
- prijímač noun (electronic device that receives and converts signal)
- príjemca noun (person who receives)
- príjemkyňa noun (person who receives)
Slovene
2 entries- slušalka noun (telephone handset)
- stečajni upravitelj noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
Spanish
3 entries- destinatario noun (person who receives)
- receptor noun (electronic device)
- receptor noun (telephone handset)
Swedish
4 entries- hälare noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
- konkursförvaltare noun (person appointed to settle financial affairs)
- lur noun (telephone handset)
- mottagare noun (person who receives)
Tajik
2 entries- гӯшак noun (telephone handset)
- гӯшаки телефон noun (telephone handset)
Turkish
1 entries- ahize noun (telephone handset)
Ukrainian
4 entries- оде́ржувач noun (person who receives)
- оде́ржувачка noun (person who receives)
- прийма́ч noun (electronic device)
- прийма́ч noun (electronic device that receives and converts signal)
Vietnamese
3 entries- ống nghe noun (telephone handset)
- ống nói noun (telephone handset)
- ống điện thoại noun (telephone handset)
Walloon
1 entries- riceleu noun (person who accepts stolen goods)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The worried housewife heard the telephone ring and quickly picked up the receiver.
Source: tatoeba (67123)
I put the receiver to my ear.
Source: tatoeba (258484)
Strange noises keep coming from the receiver and won't stop.
Source: tatoeba (266197)
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