Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

desk desktop end of line friend's house hospital hotel office party phone booth telephone booth

Capable Of

hang on wall ring ring loudly

Derived Terms

EPR telephone Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen telephone Everett-Wheeler telephone French telephone Tucker telephone answerphone antitelephone big white telephone broken telephone candlestick telephone cellular telephone cordless telephone daffodil telephone field telephone magnetotelephone mobile telephone monotelephone on the telephone pantelephone pedestal telephone pillar telephone plain old telephone service portable telephone post office telephone system premium-rate telephone number pretelephone public telephone radio telephone radio-telephone radiotelephone retelephone satellite telephone talk to God on the big white telephone talk to Ralph on the big white telephone telco telemarketing telephonable telephone alphabet telephone answering machine telephone book telephone booth telephone box telephone call telephone card telephone conference telephone desk telephone directory telephone exchange telephone game telephone girl telephone jack telephone kiosk telephone line telephone number telephone operator telephone pole telephone ring telephone scatologia telephone sex telephone shower telephone tag telephone typewriter telephone-bell telephoneless telephonelike telephoner telephonic telephonicate telephonist telephonitis telephonology telephonophile telephonophobia telephonophobic telephony telethon thermotelephone tin can telephone untelephoned videotelephone white telephone white-telephone

Has Part

dial on

Context

north america

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

communicate electronic equipment telecom telecommunicate telecommunication

Type Of (IsA)

communicate communication device electronic equipment telecommunication

Parts (Meronyms)

dial

Not Has Property

alive

Part Of

telephone system

Related Terms

alexander alexander bell bell buttons calling calling people cell chinese whispers communication communication device communication tool device dial electronic friends home keypad longer longer name ma ma bell mechanical mobile name numbers people phone receiver talk talking talking device talking friends telecommunication tool

Similar Terms

call

Synonym Network

blower call give ring make call phone place call ring

Used For

buying from catalogs call different friends consecutively call friend calling friends communicate communicating communication communication over long distances dumping boyfriends and girlfriends making call making phone call making prank phone calls managing many aspects of life phone sex sending and receiving voice summon help talk to friend talking talking to talking to far people talking to friend talking to friends talking to mom using internet

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