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Synonyms for television

  • noun

Most common

tv video

All synonyms

Noun

1. Tv

tv, telly informal UK IE, idiot box US CA, idiot's lantern UK, zombie box slang, boob tube informal dated, goggle box slang UK

Other

video, magic box informal, electronic babysitter slang, shit box vulgar slang, cultural barbiturate slang, electric tit vulgar slang, glass teat vulgar slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.

    She watched television for over five hours last night.

Related words

Word family
teleplay televise
Phrases
television receiver television set television series television tube television program breakfast television cable television color television

Forms

Plural
televisions → tellies, videos…

Example sentences

  • tv In the end, I found out what was wrong with my TV.
  • video I played video games after I finished my homework.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
televisionsteady
tvfalling
videorising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
tv2
5 letters
video3, telly2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tv2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
télévision
Italiano
televisione
Deutsch
Fernsehen
Català
televisió