on the phone
- callingStrongly felt purpose
- talkingProducing speech aloud
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- dialingEntering a phone number
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
receiver · voicemail · texting · cell · mobile · landline · busy · signal · hold · chatting · speaker · earpiece · dial tone · hangup · callback · reception · mouthpiece · cordless
communication medium
on the phonein person
Bodily present somewhere
face to face · in the flesh · right here · in writing · together
availability/attention state
on the phoneavailable
Ready to be used
free · unoccupied · at liberty · idle · present