Synonyms and antonyms of Telephone calls and types of telephone call in British 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 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 mobile 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 relating to a type of telephone call that you only pay for if you manage to speak to a specific person

phone call (noun)

an act of telephoning someone

reverse-charge call (noun)

British a telephone call that the person you are calling agrees to pay for. The American word is collect call.

robocall (noun)

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

telephone call (noun)

an occasion when you speak to someone on the telephone

tinkle (noun)

Britishinformal old-fashioned a phone call

trunk call (noun)

Britishold-fashioned a telephone call made to a place that is far away but usually in the same country