television

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of TELEVISION

an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound <people who turn on the television the minute they walk in the door>

Synonyms boob tube, box, idiot box, telly [chiefly British], tube, TV

Related Words LCD, plasma; home theater, home video

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