autodial

Programmed number dialing

Autodial is to dial a phone number automatically, without manually entering digits.

Phones and software autodial saved contacts, speed-dial numbers, or entries from a call list.

Telemarketers use autodialers to cycle through numbers rapidly: The system autodials hundreds of numbers per hour.

Also used as a noun and adjective: an autodial feature.

telemarketing

outreach

Proactive community assistance

  • robocallAutomated prerecorded phone message
  • campaignOrganized effort toward goal
  • salesRevenue from goods moved

solicitation · blast · callback · compliance · regulatory

technology

telephony

Distant voice communication systems

  • VoIPCalls over broadband
  • PBXPrivate branch exchange
  • modemDigital-to-analog signal converter

touch-tone · pulse · keypad · telecommunications · circuitry · microchip · interface · firmware · software · system

automation

programmed

Set with instructions

automatic · preprogrammed · configured · scripted · routine · systematic · batch · macros · one-touch · redial

convenience

hands-free

Operable without holding

streamlining · accessibility · user-friendly · simplicity · effortless · voice-activated · pre-set

Categories
Opposites
automation level

autodialrotary dial

Circular phone input

punch in · key in · direct dial · touch-tone

Family

autodialer, autodialing, autodialed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G