Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cable_television

2 senses of cable television

Sense 1
cable television, cable -- (television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver)
       => television, telecasting, TV, video -- (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs)

Sense 2
cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service -- (a television system that transmits over cables)
       => television, television system -- (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)