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

1 sense of communications

Sense 1
communications, communication theory -- (the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study")
       => discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick -- (a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings")

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

3 senses of communication

Sense 1
communication, communicating -- (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow")
       => act, deed, human action, human activity -- (something that people do or cause to happen)

Sense 2
communication -- (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
       => abstraction, abstract entity -- (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

Sense 3
communication -- (a connection allowing access between persons or places; "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?"; "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms")
       => connection, connexion, connectedness -- (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare")