Synonyms and antonyms of Telephone calls and types of telephone call in American Thesaurus

call (noun)

an act of telephoning someone

cold call (noun)

an unexpected telephone call or visit by someone trying to sell something

collect call (noun)

American a phone call that the person you are calling agrees to pay for. The British word is reverse-charge call.

conference call (noun)

a telephone call in which three or more people use special equipment that allows each of them to hear and speak with the others

courtesy call (noun)

a visit or telephone call that you make to a customer in order to be polite

halfalogue (noun)

the half of a cell phone conversation that you can hear when you are near someone who is talking on one

long-distance (adjective)

a long-distance phone call is one that you make to someone far away

outside line/call ()

a telephone line/call that is connected to people in other places or organizations

P2P (abbreviation)

person-to-person

person-to-person (adjective)

American a person-to-person call is a telephone call that you ask the operator to arrange with a specific person, so that you do not have to pay for the call if they are not available

phone call (noun)

an act of telephoning someone

prank call (noun)

American a telephone call in which the caller lies to or tricks the person they called

reverse-charge call (noun)

British a collect call

robocall (noun)

an automatic telephone call that plays a recorded message. In the U.K. the call is often an attempt to sell something, while in the U.S. the calls are often made by political parties.

telephone call (noun)

an occasion when you speak to someone on the telephone