We can see distant objects with a telescope.
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Telescope
//ˈtɛl.əˌskoʊp//
Synonyms for "telescope" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
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23 entriesCassegrain telescopeDobsonian telescopeGalilean telescopeGregorian telescopeKeplerian telescopeMaksutov telescopeNasmyth telescopeNewtonian telescopeSchmidt telescopeSchmidt-Cassegrain telescopeX-ray telescopedialytic telescopeliquid mirror telescopeoptical telescoperadio telescopereflecting telescope
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3 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
4 entriesderived
7 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 104 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- teleskoop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Albanian
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Arabic
3 entries- تِلِسْكُوب noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- مِقْرَاب noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- مِنْظَار noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Aragonese
1 entries- telescopio noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Armenian
1 entries- աստղադիտակ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Assamese
1 entries- দূৰবীন noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Asturian
1 entries- telescopiu noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Bashkir
1 entries- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Basque
1 entries- teleskopio noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Belarusian
1 entries- тэлеско́п noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Bengali
3 entries- টেলিস্কোপ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- দূরবিন noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- দূরবীক্ষণ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Bihari
1 entries- दूरबीन noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Bulgarian
2 entries- далекоглед noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- телеско́п noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Burmese
1 entries- မှန်ပြောင်း noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Catalan
1 entries- telescopi noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Chinese
2 entries- 千里鏡 noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- 召鏡 /召镜 noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 望遠鏡 /望远镜 noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 望遠鏡 /望远镜 noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Chuvash
1 entries- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Corsican
1 entries- telescopiu noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Czech
2 entries- dalekohled noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Danish
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Dutch
2 entries- kijker noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- telescoop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Esperanto
1 entries- teleskopo noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Estonian
1 entries- teleskoop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Finnish
2 entries- kaukoputki noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teleskooppi noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
French
2 entries- lunette noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- télescope noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Friulian
1 entries- telescopi noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Galician
1 entries- telescopio noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Georgian
1 entries- ტელესკოპი noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
German
2 entries- Fernrohr noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- Teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Greek
2 entries- κιάλι noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- τηλεσκόπιο noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻohenānā noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Hebrew
1 entries- טֶלֶסְקוֹפּ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Hindi
2 entries- दूरदर्शी noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- दूरबीन noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Hungarian
2 entries- teleszkóp noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- távcső noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Icelandic
1 entries- sjónauki noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Ido
1 entries- teleskopo noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Indonesian
2 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teropong noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Interlingua
1 entries- telescopio noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Irish
2 entries- cianradharcán noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teileascóp noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Italian
2 entries- cannocchiale noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- telescopio noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Japanese
2 entries- テレスコープ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- 望遠鏡 noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Kannada
1 entries- ದೂರದರ್ಶಕ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Kazakh
1 entries- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Khmer
2 entries- កែវយឹត noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- យឹតយឺត noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Korean
1 entries- 망원경 noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Lao
4 entries- ກ້ອງຊ່ອງທາງໄກ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- ກ້ອງສ່ອງ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- ກ້ອງສ່ອງດາວ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- ໂທລະທັດ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Latvian
1 entries- teleskops noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Lithuanian
1 entries- teleskopas noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Macedonian
1 entries- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Malay
2 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teropong jauh noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Malayalam
1 entries- ദൂരദർശിനി noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Mongolian
2 entries- дуран noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Māori
2 entries- karuwhakatata noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- paikaraihe noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Navajo
1 entries- tózis bee adéestʼį́ʼígíí noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Neapolitan
1 entries- ucchiarone noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Nepali
1 entries- टेलिस्कोप noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Newar
1 entries- लुसाः noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Norman
1 entries- longue-veue noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Occitan
1 entries- telescòpi noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آینه noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Pashto
4 entries- تلسکوب noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- تېلسکوپ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- دوربين noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- ټليسکوپ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Persian
2 entries- اختربین noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- تلسکوپ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Piedmontese
1 entries- telescòpi noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Polish
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Portuguese
1 entries- telescópio noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਟੈਲੀਸਕੋਪ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Romanian
2 entries- lunetă noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- telescop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Russian
1 entries- телеско́п noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- glainne-amhairc noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dalekozor noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- далекозор noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Shona
1 entries- chiringakure noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Sicilian
1 entries- telescopiu noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Sinhalese
1 entries- දුරේක්ෂය noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Slovak
2 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- ďalekohľad noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Slovene
2 entries- daljnogled noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Spanish
2 entries- catalejo noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- telescopio noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Swahili
1 entries- darubini noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Swedish
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Tagalog
1 entries- daksipat noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Tajik
1 entries- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Tamil
1 entries- தொலைநோக்கி noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Tatar
1 entries- телескоп noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Tausug
1 entries- talumpung noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Telugu
1 entries- దూరదర్శిని noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Thai
3 entries- กล้องดูดาว noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- กล้องโทรทรรศน์ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- โทรทรรศน์ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྒྱང་ཤེལ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Turkish
3 entries- böng noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- ırakgörür noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Turkmen
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Ukrainian
2 entries- далекогля́д noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- телеско́п noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Urdu
1 entries- دوربین noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Uyghur
1 entries- تېلېسكوپ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Uzbek
1 entries- teleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kính thiên văn noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- kính viễn vọng noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Volapük
1 entries- daleskop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Welsh
2 entries- pellweledydd noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
- telesgop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
West-Frisian
1 entries- teleskoop noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Yiddish
1 entries- טעלעסקאָפּ noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Yoruba
1 entries- tẹ́lískópù noun (optical instrument that magnifies)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
You can see the stars with your naked eye, and even better through a telescope.
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The girl had a telescope in her hand.
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The space telescope will help us know the universe much better than before.
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