Television

//ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən//

Synonyms for "television" (115 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (23)

Related word relations

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16 relation types

More general

7 entries

broadcasting receiver receiving system telecom equipment telecom system telecommunication equipment telecommunication system

Synonyms

14 entries

boob tube cultural barbiturate electronic babysitter glass teat goggle box idiot box plebvision shit box television receiver television set telly tube tv tv set

Related terms

6 entries

televise televisional televisionally televisionary televisual televize

at location

8 entries

apartment bar bedroom bluetooth cabinet house living room motel

capable of

4 entries

reach millions show images unplugged watch news

causes desire

4 entries

jump out of window learn about science see favorite show sit quietly

created by

1 entries

people

defined as

1 entries

same thing as tv

derived

61 entries

TV Talmudvision ambush television analog television antitelevision appointment television black-and-white television breakfast television cable television cablevision cellevision closed-circuit television color television colour television digital television face for television

Showing 16 of 61 words.

has a

1 entries

motion pictures and sound

has property

8 entries

addictive complex expensive and inflexible entertaining going to show good programmes today informative legal obsolete similar to monitor

is a

18 entries

appliance broadcast medium broadcasting device electronic medium form of communication form of entertainment form of media free entertainment good way to spend time machine means of communication multi media outlet passive medium telecommunication system tv

Showing 16 of 18 words.

part of

1 entries

modern media

receives action

3 entries

divided into stations found inside house used as entertaining medium

related to

7 entries

country televise television program televisional televisionally televisionary televisual

used for

6 entries

broadcasting shows into homes dull brain watch movie watch news watching watching show

Translations

505 translations across 165 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

ателевизор noun (medium)

Afrikaans

2 entries

televisie noun (medium)
televisie noun (device for receiving television signals)

Albanian

3 entries

televizion noun (medium)
televizion noun (program broadcasting)
televizor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Amharic

1 entries

ቴሌቪዥን noun (medium)

Arabic

4 entries

تلفزة noun (medium)
تلفزيون noun (medium)
تَلْفَزَة noun (medium)
تِلِفِزْيُون noun (medium)

Aragonese

1 entries

televisión noun (medium)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܦܪܣ ܚܙܘܐ noun (medium)

Armenian

3 entries

հեռուստատեսություն noun (medium)
հեռուստատեսություն noun (program broadcasting)
հեռուստացույց noun (device for receiving television signals)

Assamese

2 entries

টিভি noun (medium)
দূৰদৰ্শন noun (medium)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ noun (medium)
ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ noun (device for receiving television signals)
ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ noun (program broadcasting)
ܬܹܝܠܝܼܒ̮ܸܙܝܘܿܢ noun (medium)

Asturian

4 entries

televisión noun (medium)
televisión noun (medium)
televisión noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisor noun (medium)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

televiziya noun (medium)
televizor noun (device for receiving television signals)
телевизија noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Bashkir

2 entries

телевидение noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Basque

3 entries

telebista noun (medium)
telebista noun (device for receiving television signals)
telebista noun (program broadcasting)

Bavarian German

2 entries

Fernseha noun (device for receiving television signals)
Fernsehn noun (program broadcasting)

Belarusian

3 entries

тэлеба́чанне noun (medium)
тэлеві́зар noun (device for receiving television signals)
тэлеві́зія noun (medium)

Bengali

4 entries

টিভি noun (medium)
টেলিভিশন noun (medium)
টেলিভিশন noun (device for receiving television signals)
টেলিভিশন সেট noun (device for receiving television signals)

Breton

1 entries

skinwel noun (medium)

Bulgarian

3 entries

телеви́зия noun (medium)
телеви́зия noun (program broadcasting)
телеви́зор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Burmese

4 entries

တယ်လီဗစ်ရှင်း noun (medium)
တယ်လီဗီးရှင်း noun (medium)
တီဗီ noun (medium)
တီဗွီ noun (medium)

Buryat

1 entries

телевиз noun (medium)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

телеві́зія noun (medium)

Catalan

4 entries

televisió noun (medium)
televisió noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisió noun (program broadcasting)
televisor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Central Dusun

1 entries

televisyen noun (device for receiving television signals)

Central Melanau

1 entries

telibisien noun (medium)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏓᏴᎳᏛᏍᎩ noun (medium)
ᎠᏓᏴᎳᏛᏍᎩ noun (device for receiving television signals)

Chichewa

1 entries

wailesi ya kanema noun (device for receiving television signals)

Chinese

4 entries

дяншы noun (medium)
дяншыҗи noun (device for receiving television signals)
телевидение noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

電視 /电视 noun (medium)
電視 /电视 noun (program broadcasting)
電視機 /电视机 noun (device for receiving television signals)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

電視 /电视 noun (medium)
電視 /电视 noun (program broadcasting)
電視機 /电视机 noun (device for receiving television signals)

Chuvash

1 entries

телекурӑм noun (medium)

Cia-Cia

2 entries

뗄레ᄫᅵ시 noun (medium)
뗄레ᄫᅵ시 noun (device for receiving television signals)

Cornish

4 entries

pellwolok noun (medium)
pellwolok noun (device for receiving television signals)
pellwolok noun (program broadcasting)
televisyon noun (medium)

Corsican

1 entries

televisione noun (program broadcasting)

Cree

1 entries

ᒋᑲᐢᑌᐸᔨᒋᑲᐣ noun (device for receiving television signals)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

telekörüv noun (medium)

Czech

4 entries

televize noun (medium)
televize noun (device for receiving television signals)
televize noun (program broadcasting)
televizní přijímač noun (device for receiving television signals)

Danish

4 entries

fjernsyn noun (medium)
fjernsyn noun (device for receiving television signals)
television noun (medium)
tv noun (medium)

Dari

3 entries

تَلوِیزِیُون noun (device for receiving television signals)
تَلوِیزِیُون noun (program broadcasting)
تَلوِیزْیُون noun (medium)

Dutch

4 entries

beeldomroep noun (medium)
kijkbuis noun (medium)
televisie noun (medium)
televisie noun (device for receiving television signals)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

電視 /电视 noun (medium)

Esperanto

4 entries

televida noun (medium)
televidilo noun (device for receiving television signals)
televido noun (medium)
televido noun (program broadcasting)

Estonian

3 entries

teler noun (device for receiving television signals)
televiisor noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisioon noun (medium)

Faroese

3 entries

sjónvarp noun (medium)
sjónvarp noun (program broadcasting)
sjónvarpstól noun (device for receiving television signals)

Finnish

3 entries

televisio noun (medium)
televisio noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisio noun (program broadcasting)

French

4 entries

poste noun (device for receiving television signals)
poste de télévision noun (device for receiving television signals)
télé noun (medium)
télé noun (device for receiving television signals)

Fula

2 entries

telewisiyon noun (medium)
𞤼𞤫𞤤𞤫𞤱𞤭𞤧𞤭𞤴𞤮𞤲 noun (medium)

Galician

4 entries

tele noun (medium)
tele noun (device for receiving television signals)
tele noun (program broadcasting)
televisión noun (medium)

Georgian

3 entries

ტელევიზია noun (medium)
ტელევიზია noun (program broadcasting)
ტელევიზორი noun (device for receiving television signals)

German

4 entries

Fernsehapparat noun (device for receiving television signals)
Fernsehen noun (medium)
Fernsehen noun (program broadcasting)
Fernseher noun (device for receiving television signals)

Gilbertese

1 entries

te tamnei noun (medium)

Greek

3 entries

τηλεόραση noun (medium)
τηλεόραση noun (device for receiving television signals)
τηλεόραση noun (program broadcasting)

Greenlandic

1 entries

fjernsyni noun (device for receiving television signals)

Guiqiong

1 entries

diɐnsi noun (medium)

Gujarati

3 entries

ટેલિવિઝન noun (device for receiving television signals)
દૂરદર્શન noun (medium)
દૂરદર્શન noun (device for receiving television signals)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

televizyon noun (medium)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

電視 /电视 noun (medium)

Hebrew

4 entries

טֶלֶוִיזְיָה noun (medium)
טלוויזיה noun (medium)
טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה noun (device for receiving television signals)
טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה noun (program broadcasting)

Hindi

4 entries

टीवी noun (medium)
टेलिविजन noun (medium)
टेलिविजन सेट noun (device for receiving television signals)
टेलीविज़न noun (medium)

Hungarian

4 entries

televízió noun (medium)
televízió noun (device for receiving television signals)
tv noun (device for receiving television signals)
tévé noun (medium)

Icelandic

4 entries

imbakassi noun (medium)
sjónvarp noun (medium)
sjónvarp noun (device for receiving television signals)
sjónvarp noun (program broadcasting)

Ido

3 entries

televidilo noun (device for receiving television signals)
televiziono noun (medium)
televiziono noun (device for receiving television signals)

Iloco

2 entries

telebision noun (medium)
telebisor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Indonesian

2 entries

televisi noun (medium)
televisi noun (device for receiving television signals)

Ingrian

2 entries

televizora noun (medium)
televizora noun (device for receiving television signals)

Interlingua

3 entries

television noun (medium)
television noun (program broadcasting)
televisor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

تِلِویزْیون noun (medium)
تِلِویزیون noun (device for receiving television signals)
تِلِویزیون noun (program broadcasting)

Irish

3 entries

teilifís noun (medium)
teilifís noun (program broadcasting)
teilifíseán noun (device for receiving television signals)

Isoko

2 entries

adughee noun (device for receiving television signals)
ẹkpẹti-ughee noun (device for receiving television signals)

Italian

4 entries

televisione noun (medium)
televisione noun (program broadcasting)
televisore noun (device for receiving television signals)
tivù noun (medium)

Japanese

4 entries

テレビ noun (medium)
テレビ noun (device for receiving television signals)
テレビジョン noun (medium)
テレビジョン noun (program broadcasting)

Kalmyk

2 entries

зургт noun (device for receiving television signals)
телеүзгдл noun (medium)

Kamba

2 entries

tivii noun (device for receiving television signals)
tivii noun (device for receiving television signals)

Kannada

1 entries

ದೂರದರ್ಶನ noun (medium)

Kazakh

4 entries

телевидение noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)
теледидар noun (medium)
теледидар noun (device for receiving television signals)

Khmer

3 entries

តេឡេ noun (medium)
ទូរទស្សន៍ noun (medium)
ទូរទស្សន៍ noun (device for receiving television signals)

Kikuyu

1 entries

tivii noun (device for receiving television signals)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

телевизэр noun (device for receiving television signals)

Korean

4 entries

수상기 noun (device for receiving television signals)
전시 noun (medium)
테레비 noun (medium)
텔레비 noun (medium)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

сыналгы noun (medium)
телевидение noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Lao

4 entries

ທີວີ noun (medium)
ເຄື່ອງທີວີ noun (device for receiving television signals)
ໂທລະທັດ noun (medium)
ໂທລະພາບ noun (medium)

Latin

4 entries

tēlevīsiō noun (medium)
tēlevīsiō noun (device for receiving television signals)
tēlevīsiō noun (program broadcasting)
tēlevīstrum noun (device for receiving television signals)

Latvian

3 entries

televizors m tālrādis noun (device for receiving television signals)
televīzija noun (medium)
tālrāde noun (medium)

Lithuanian

2 entries

televizija noun (medium)
televizorius noun (device for receiving television signals)

Low German

1 entries

Feernseher noun (medium)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

telewizor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Luhya

1 entries

etivii noun (device for receiving television signals)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Televisioun noun (medium)
Televisiounsapparat noun (device for receiving television signals)

Lü

2 entries

ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ noun (medium)
ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ noun (device for receiving television signals)

Macedonian

3 entries

телеви́зор noun (device for receiving television signals)
телевизија noun (medium)
телевизија noun (program broadcasting)

Malagasy

1 entries

fahitalavitra noun (medium)

Malay

4 entries

peti gambar noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisi noun (medium)
televisyen noun (medium)
televisyen noun (device for receiving television signals)

Malayalam

2 entries

ടെലിവിഷൻ noun (medium)
ടെലിവിഷൻ noun (device for receiving television signals)

Maltese

4 entries

televixin noun (medium)
televiżiv noun (program broadcasting)
televiżjoni noun (medium)
televiżjoni noun (device for receiving television signals)

Manx

3 entries

chellveeish noun (medium)
çhellveeish noun (program broadcasting)
çhellveeishan noun (device for receiving television signals)

Marathi

1 entries

दूरचित्रवाणी noun (medium)

Meru

1 entries

tivii noun (device for receiving television signals)

Mongolian

4 entries

зурагт noun (medium)
зурагт noun (device for receiving television signals)
телевиз noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Māori

2 entries

pouaka whakaata noun (medium)
taonga whakaata noun (device for receiving television signals)

Nahuatl

1 entries

huehcaīxipcaxitl noun (medium)

Navajo

3 entries

níłchʼi naalkidí noun (medium)
níłchʼi naalkidí noun (device for receiving television signals)
níłchʼi naalkidí noun (program broadcasting)

Nepali

3 entries

टीभि noun (medium)
टेलिभिजन noun (medium)
दूरदर्शन noun (medium)

Norman

4 entries

télévisiaon noun (program broadcasting)
télévîsion noun (medium)
télévîsion noun (device for receiving television signals)
télévîsion noun (program broadcasting)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

televizyon noun (medium)

Northern Sami

1 entries

televišuvdna noun (medium)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

TV noun (medium)
TV noun (device for receiving television signals)
TV noun (program broadcasting)
fjernsyn noun (medium)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

TV noun (medium)
TV noun (device for receiving television signals)
TV noun (program broadcasting)
fjernsyn noun (medium)

Occitan

3 entries

television noun (medium)
television noun (device for receiving television signals)
television noun (program broadcasting)

Odia

1 entries

ଦୂରଦର୍ଶନ noun (medium)

Ojibwe

1 entries

mazinaatesijigan noun (device for receiving television signals)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

телевизия noun (medium)

Papiamentu

1 entries

televishon noun (medium)

Pashto

1 entries

تلويزيون noun (medium)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

guckbax noun (medium)

Persian

1 entries

دورنمار noun (device for receiving television signals)

Polish

3 entries

telewizja noun (medium)
telewizja noun (program broadcasting)
telewizor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Portuguese

4 entries

aparelho televisor noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisor noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisão noun (medium)
televisão noun (device for receiving television signals)

Quechua

2 entries

tiliwisiyun noun (medium)
ñawikaruy noun (medium)

Romanian

3 entries

televiziune noun (medium)
televiziune noun (program broadcasting)
televizor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Russian

4 entries

ТВ noun (medium)
те́лик noun (device for receiving television signals)
телеви́дение noun (medium)
телеви́дение noun (program broadcasting)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries

ကွဲၤဟူဖျါ noun (medium)

Samoan

1 entries

televise noun (medium)

Santali

1 entries

ᱧᱮᱱᱮᱞᱚᱢ noun (medium)

Scots

4 entries

televeesion noun (medium)
televeesion noun (device for receiving television signals)
televeesion noun (program broadcasting)
telly noun (device for receiving television signals)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cian-dhealbh noun (medium)
cian-dhealbh noun (device for receiving television signals)
telebhisean noun (medium)
telebhisean noun (device for receiving television signals)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

televízija noun (medium)
televízija noun (program broadcasting)
telèvīzor noun (device for receiving television signals)
телеви́зија noun (medium)

Shona

1 entries

tiivhii noun (medium)

Sicilian

4 entries

tilivisiuni noun (medium)
tilivisiuni noun (program broadcasting)
tilivisuri noun (device for receiving television signals)
tivvù noun (medium)

Sinhalese

3 entries

ටීවී noun (medium)
ටෙලි noun (medium)
රූපවාහිනිය noun (medium)

Slovak

3 entries

televizor noun (device for receiving television signals)
televízia noun (medium)
televízia noun (program broadcasting)

Slovene

3 entries

televizija noun (medium)
televizijski sprejemnik noun (device for receiving television signals)
televizor noun (device for receiving television signals)

Sotho

2 entries

telebishene noun (device for receiving television signals)
televishene noun (medium)

Spanish

4 entries

tele noun (medium)
tele noun (device for receiving television signals)
tele noun (program broadcasting)
televisión noun (medium)

Sranan Tongo

3 entries

teifei noun (medium)
teilefisi noun (medium)
telefisi noun (medium)

Swahili

4 entries

runinga noun (medium)
runinga noun (device for receiving television signals)
televisheni noun (medium)
televisheni noun (device for receiving television signals)

Swedish

4 entries

TV noun (device for receiving television signals)
TV-apparat noun (device for receiving television signals)
television noun (medium)
television noun (device for receiving television signals)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠐꠤꠜꠤ noun (medium)

Tagalog

4 entries

tanlap noun (medium)
telebisor noun (device for receiving television signals)
telebisyon noun (medium)
telebisyon noun (program broadcasting)

Tajik

2 entries

телевизион noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Tamil

4 entries

தொலைக்காட்சி noun (medium)
தொலைக்காட்சி noun (device for receiving television signals)
தொலைக்காட்சி noun (program broadcasting)
தொலைக்காட்சிப்பெட்டி noun (device for receiving television signals)

Tatar

2 entries

телевидение noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Telugu

2 entries

టెలివిజన్ noun (medium)
దూరదర్శిని noun (medium)

Thai

4 entries

ทีวี noun (medium)
สื่อโทรทัศน์ noun (medium)
เครื่องรับโทรทัศน์ noun (device for receiving television signals)
โทรทัศน์ noun (medium)

Tibetan

1 entries

བརྙན་འཕྲིན noun (medium)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ተለቪዥን noun (medium)

Tsonga

1 entries

mavonakule noun (medium)

Turkish

3 entries

televizyon noun (medium)
televizyon noun (device for receiving television signals)
televizyon alıcısı noun (device for receiving television signals)

Turkmen

4 entries

televideniýe noun (medium)
telewizor noun (device for receiving television signals)
телевидение noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Ukrainian

4 entries

телеба́чення noun (medium)
телеба́чення noun (program broadcasting)
телеві́зор noun (device for receiving television signals)
телеві́зія noun (medium)

Unami

4 entries

TV noun (medium)
TV noun (device for receiving television signals)
pèhpënunhikehikàn noun (medium)
pèhpënunhikehikàn noun (device for receiving television signals)

Urdu

4 entries

بَعِید نُما noun (medium)
دُور نُمائی noun (medium)
دُور نُمائی noun (device for receiving television signals)
دُور نُمائی noun (program broadcasting)

Uyghur

2 entries

تېلېۋىزور noun (device for receiving television signals)
تېلېۋىزىيە noun (medium)

Uzbek

4 entries

televideniye noun (medium)
televizor noun (device for receiving television signals)
телевидение noun (medium)
телевизор noun (device for receiving television signals)

Vietnamese

4 entries

TV noun (medium)
TV noun (device for receiving television signals)
TV noun (program broadcasting)
máy thu hình noun (device for receiving television signals)

Volapük

2 entries

televid noun (medium)
televidöm noun (device for receiving television signals)

Welsh

4 entries

set deledu noun (device for receiving television signals)
teledu noun (medium)
teledu noun (device for receiving television signals)
teledu noun (program broadcasting)

West-Frisian

1 entries

televyzje noun (medium)

Wu Chinese

2 entries

電視 /电视 noun (medium)
電視機 /电视机 noun (device for receiving television signals)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

電視機 /电视机 noun (device for receiving television signals)

Yakut

1 entries

телевидение noun (medium)

Yiddish

2 entries

טעלעוויזאָר noun (device for receiving television signals)
טעלעוויזיע noun (medium)

Yoruba

4 entries

tẹlifíṣọ̀n noun (medium)
tẹlifíṣọ̀n noun (device for receiving television signals)
tẹ́lì noun (device for receiving television signals)
àfigbéwòran noun (medium)

Yup'ik

1 entries

tiiviiq noun (device for receiving television signals)

Zhuang

1 entries

densi noun (medium)

Zulu

1 entries

thelevishini noun (medium)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.

Source: tatoeba (1960)

Do you know how high the television tower is?

Source: tatoeba (16811)

I make it a rule not to watch television after nine o'clock.

Source: tatoeba (18400)

My hobbies are fishing and watching television.

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