Another word for receiver

receiver Synonyms

receiver

One who receives
recipient, consignee, customer, heir, beneficiary, grantee, acceptor, teller, collector, object, target, victim, subject, trustee, assignee, creditor, guinea pig*.
A device for receiving
telephone, handset, headphone, television, radio, receiving set, mission control, control center, detection device, listening device, bug*, transceiver, hydrophone; see also radio 2.

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She picked the receiver up on the fifth ring.
She lifted the receiver and dialed Connie's number.
Lisa put the receiver back to her ear.
Katie surrendered the receiver to Carmen and then walked away.
One of these was to be connected to the earth through a telephone receiver, and the other through the secondary circuit of an induction coil in the primary circuit of which was a key.

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