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

3 senses of television

Sense 1
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)
       => broadcasting -- (taking part in a radio or tv program)

Sense 2
television, television system -- (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
       => telecommunication system, telecom system, telecommunication equipment, telecom equipment -- (a communication system for communicating at a distance)

Sense 3
television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box -- (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly")
       => receiver, receiving system -- (set that receives radio or tv signals)

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