telephone conversation
Verbal remote exchange
A telephone conversation is spoken communication between people using telephones, as distinct from face-to-face dialogue or written correspondence.
The term emphasizes the medium: We had a brief telephone conversation about the contract.
Often shortened to phone conversation or simply call.
- phone callRemote voice conversation
- landlineStationary wired telephone
- mobile phonePortable wireless telephone
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- ringClosed curve shape
greeting · tone · goodbye · conference call · voice · exchange · smartphone · call center · discussion · long-distance call · on the line · pause · disagreement · wrong number · hello · whisper · farewell · laughter
telephone conversationtext message
Brief electronic communication
texting · email · handwritten note · instant messaging · telegram
telephone conversationsilence
Total lack of sound
no contact · radio silence · estrangement · ignoring · incommunicado
telephone, conversation, telephony, telephonic, telephones, telephoned, telephoning, converse, conversational