Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "microphone" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

concert hall conference demonstration stage

Capable Of

listen to minute sounds record sound

Derived Terms

carbon microphone hot microphone human microphone lavalier microphone microphonics microphonograph minimicrophone multimicrophone nonmicrophone people's microphone ribbon microphone seismomicrophone shotgun microphone throat microphone

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

electro-acoustic transducer

Type Of (IsA)

could buy device records audio electro acoustic transducer input device portable object product transducer

Related Terms

amplifier convert electric current sound wave transducer

Synonym Network

mic mike

Used For

amplification amplify amplifying noise turn sounds into electrical signals

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