telephonic
Via voice line
Telephonic means relating to or transmitted by telephone: telephonic communication, a telephonic interview.
The word is formal and somewhat old-fashioned, appearing mainly in legal, technical, or bureaucratic contexts where *phone* or *telephone* would serve in everyday speech.
Held telephone component
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- earpieceSpeaker worn in-ear
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
- headsetWearable audio device
speakerphone · corded · cordless · rotary · keypad · cradle · hook · earbud
Telephone routing panel
- PBXPrivate branch exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- operatorOne who works machinery
- extensionAdded part or duration
intercom · landline · VoIP · cellular · telecommunications · directory · subscriber · toll-free
Phone's incoming call sound
- dialtonePhone's ready signal
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- beepShort electronic tone
- touch-toneButton-based phone system
pulse · notification · alert · vibration
Recorded caller messages
Exchange of spoken ideas
- callerOne who phones
- calleeOne who answers
- speakingOral expression of language
- listeningAttending to sound
voice · clarity · static · echo · feedback · volume · amplification · garbled
Entering a phone number
- redialingPlacing same call again
- answeringProviding a response
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- transferringMoving between locations
forwarding · muting · unmuting · screening · blocking · speed-dial · paging · conferencing
handset
Held telephone component
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- earpieceSpeaker worn in-ear
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
headset · speakerphone · corded · cordless · rotary · keypad · cradle · hook · earbud · antenna
switchboard
Telephone routing panel
extension · intercom · landline · VoIP · cellular · telecommunications · directory · subscriber · toll-free · hotline
ringtone
Phone's incoming call sound
touch-tone · pulse · notification · alert · vibration
voicemail
Recorded caller messages
conversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
listening · voice · clarity · static · echo · feedback · volume · amplification · garbled
dialing
Entering a phone number
transferring · forwarding · muting · unmuting · screening · blocking · speed-dial · paging · conferencing
telephonicin-person
Actually there, bodily
face-to-face · written · in the flesh · epistolary · textual
- telephone numberCode to connect calls
- telephone poleTall post carrying wires
- telephone callSpoken exchange via handset
- telephone lineWired voice transmission channel
- telephone boothEnclosed public payphone station
- telephone bookPublished listing of subscribers
telephone, telephoned, telephones, telephoning, telephony, telephonist