phone

UK /ˈfəʊ̯n/ · CA, US /ˈfoʊ̯n/

Etymology Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884.

Synonyms

phone, telephone, blower, pipe, Ameche, dog and bone, horn

Derived terms

155 terms

airphone, answer phone, bag phone, banana phone, bar phone, basic phone, batphone, bat phone, bat-phone, brick phone, burner phone, burn phone, buzzer phone, camera phone, cameraphone, camphone, candlestick phone, candy bar phone, can I use your phone, cardphone, car phone, car-phone, carphone, cell-phone, cell phone lot, cellular phone, computerphone, cordless phone, cryptophone, dataphone, deskphone, diaphone, diphone, door phone, doorphone, dumbphone, earphone, entry phone, entryphone, entry-phone, eyephone, featurephone, feature phone, flip-phone, freephone, Googlephone, handphone, have more chins than a Chinese phone book, headphone, hold the phone, home phone, house phone, housephone, interphone, iPhone, isophone, Jesus phone, keyphone, miniphone, money phone, multiphone, netphone, Obama phone, on the phone, pass the phone, payphone, pay phone, phablet, phlog, phlogging, phonable, phoneaholic, phone bank, phone book, phonebook, phone booth, phone box, phonebox, phonecall, phone call, phonecam, phone card, phonecard, phone case, phone-free, phoneful, phone hacking, phone home, phone-in, phone-in show, phone jack, phone jail, phoneless, phonelike, phone line, phonemaker, phonemark, phone monkey, phone number, phoneography, phone-out, phonepost, phoneputer, phone sex, phone-sex, phone survey, phone tag, phone tree, phoneward, phonewise, phoneword, phone zombie, phonicate, phreak, phreaking, phub, pick up the phone, picturephone, pocketphone, polyphone, pornophone, portable phone, rotary phone, satellite phone, satphone, screenphone, slide phone, slider phone, smart phone, softphone, speakerphone, stick phone, superphone, swivel phone, symphonious, textphone, touch-phone, touchphone, touch phone, trackerphone, trap phone, trimphone, triphone, ultraphone, videophone, viewphone, visionphone, visiphone, watchphone, webphone, what is your phone number, what's your phone number, wireless phone, world phone, wristphone

Hypernyms

device

Hyponyms

cell phone, cellular, cellular phone, cordless phone, dial phone, dumbphone, feature phone, flip phone, foldable phone, mobile, mobile phone, mobile telephone, smartphone

Holonyms

telephone box, phone box, telephone booth, telephone kiosk

Meronyms

cord, dial, handset, microphone, ringer, speaker