telephone directory

Local contact compendium

A telephone directory is a book or database listing phone numbers and addresses, typically organized alphabetically by name.

Traditional printed directories divided into white pages (residential listings) and yellow pages (business listings, organized by category) have largely given way to online search.

Is there a telephone directory I can look at?

reference

white pages

Residential telephone directory

411 · area codes · subscribers · residential · business listings · reverse lookup · classified ads · spine

contacts

names

Personal identifying words

services · doctors · hospitals · utilities · restaurants · hotlines · government agencies · schools · churches · lawyers

obsolescence

paperweight

Small heavy desk object

outdated · defunct · nostalgia · rotary phone · smartphone

Opposites
type of contact information

telephone directoryunlisted numbers

Phone contacts withheld from directories

address book · street atlas · email directory · mailing list · map

information accessibility

telephone directoryunlisted number

Phone kept from directories

burner phone · private number · ex-directory · classified information · hidden identity

format/medium

telephone directoryonline database

Networked digital information store

search engine

Family

telephone, directory, telegram, telephoned, telephones, telemarketing, telephone book, phonebook, telemetry

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G