Communication

//kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//

Word Type

Noun

The word "communication" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

anticommunication

Capable Of

increase understanding

Derived Terms

PC communication biocommunication chemocommunication commognition communication accommodation theory communication board communication cord communication disorder communication engineering communication mix communication studies communication theory communicational communications communications satellite communicology computer-mediated communication cross-cultural communication cybercommunication e-communication electrocommunication electronic communication ex-communication excommunication exocommunication facilitated communication inter-process communication intercommunication line of communication malcommunication mass communication masscom meta-communication metacommunication near field communication no-communication theorem nonverbal communication overcommunication power line communication power-line communication radiocommunication recommunication record communication semicommunication space communication spirit communication spread spectrum communication transcommunication two-way communication uncommunication undercommunication verbal communication

Derived From

Context

anatomy rhetoric

Prerequisites

sender and receiver

Has Property

vital in corporate culture

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abstract entity abstraction act connectedness connection connexion deed human action human activity

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bi-directional communication confidential communication interprocess communication miscommunication network communication noncommunication one-directional communication privileged communication telecommunication

Type Of (IsA)

abstraction act act of conveying ideas connection event generic artifact piece of technology sign of intelligence tangible thing

Related Terms

communicate communicator communion

Related Terms

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.