'radio' definitions:
Definition of 'radio'
From: WordNet
adjective
Indicating radiation or radioactivity; "radiochemistry"
noun
Medium for communication [syn: radio, radiocommunication, wireless]
noun
An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals [syn: radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner, wireless]
noun
A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves [syn: radio, wireless]
verb
Transmit messages via radio waves; "he radioed for help"
Definition of 'radio'
From: GCIDE
- electronic device \electronic device\ n. a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation. [PJC]
- Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the television, radio, computer, robot, transmitter, receiver, VCR, CD player, etc. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'radio'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advice,
- adviser,
- air,
- AM receiver,
- AM tuner,
- AM-FM receiver,
- AM-FM tuner,
- announce,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- audio-frequency,
- authority,
- auto radio,
- automation,
- aviation radio,
- avionics,
- battery radio,
- beam,
- broadcast,
- broadcast journalism,
- cabinet,
- cable,
- CB,
- channel,
- chassis,
- citizens band,
- communicant,
- communication,
- communicational,
- communications,
- communicator,
- console,
- crystal set,
- disseminate,
- electron microscopy,
- electron optics,
- electron physics,
- electronic engineering,
- electronics,
- electrophysics,
- enlightener,
- expert witness,
- facsimile,
- flash,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- heterodyne,
- high-frequency,
- housing,
- informant,
- information,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- intelligence,
- interviewee,
- journalism,
- line radio,
- magnetotelephonic,
- microtelephonic,
- monitor,
- monotelephonic,
- mouthpiece,
- multiplex receiver,
- news,
- news agency,
- news medium,
- news service,
- newscast,
- newsiness,
- newsletter,
- newsmagazine,
- newsmonger,
- newspaper,
- newsworthiness,
- notifier,
- photoelectricity,
- phototelegraphic,
- pocket radio,
- present,
- press,
- press association,
- public relations officer,
- publisher,
- radar,
- radiate,
- radio direction finder,
- radio receiver,
- radio set,
- radio telescope,
- radio-record player,
- radiobroadcast,
- radionics,
- radiophone,
- radiophotography,
- radiotelegraphic,
- radiotelegraphy,
- radiotelephony,
- railroad radio,
- RDF,
- receiver,
- receiving set,
- regenerative receiver,
- relay receiver,
- reportage,
- reporter,
- send,
- send a wire,
- set,
- ship-to-shore radio,
- shortwave,
- sign off,
- sign on,
- signal,
- source,
- spokesman,
- sportscast,
- superheterodyne,
- table radio,
- telecommunicational,
- telegram,
- telegraph,
- telegraph agency,
- telegraphic,
- telephonic,
- telephotographic,
- Teletype,
- television,
- telex,
- teller,
- the fourth estate,
- the press,
- thermotelephonic,
- tidings,
- tipster,
- tout,
- transceiver,
- transistor,
- transistor physics,
- transmit,
- transmit-receiver,
- tuner,
- walkie-talkie,
- wire,
- wire service,
- wire wave communication,
- wired radio,
- wired wireless,
- wireless,
- wireless set,
- wireless telegraphy,
- wireless telephony,
- Wirephoto,
- witness,
- word
Words containing 'radio'
- Radio-,
- CB radio,
- clock radio,
- father of radio,
- radio aerial,
- radio announcer,
- radio antenna,
- radio astronomy,
- radio beacon,
- radio beam,
- radio brightness,
- radio broadcast,
- radio chassis,
- radio compass,
- radio control,
- radio emission,
- radio frequency,
- radio interferometer,
- radio link,
- radio news,
- radio noise,
- radio observation,
- radio operator,
- radio radiation,
- radio receiver,
- radio reflector,
- radio set,
- radio signal,
- radio source,
- radio spectrum,
- radio station,
- radio technician,
- radio telescope,
- radio transmitter,
- radio wave,
- Citizens Radio Service,
- Radio-flagellata,
- omnidirectional radio range,
- radio detection and ranging,
- radio-controlled,
- radio-gramophone,
- radio-opacity,
- radio-opaque,
- radio-phonograph,
- push-button radio,
- radio-controlled aircraft,
- radio-frequency spectrum,
- quasi-stellar radio source