communicating without connecting wires or other material contacts: wireless networks, wireless internet connection
another word for radio
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wire•less /ˈwaɪrlɪs/USA pronunciation
adj.
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- having no wire.
n. [countable]
- Radio and Television, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a radio.
wire•less
(wīər′lis),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
v.t., v.i.
wire′less•ly, adv.
wire′less•ness, n.
wireless, +n.
- having no wire.
- Telecommunicationsnoting or pertaining to any of various devices that are operated with or actuated by electromagnetic waves.
- Radio and Television, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]radio.
n.
- Telecommunicationswireless telegraphy or telephony.
- Telecommunicationsa wireless telegraph or telephone, or the like.
- Electronicsany system or device, as a cellular phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.
- Telecommunicationsa wireless message.
- Radio and Television, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]radio.
v.t., v.i.
- Telecommunicationsto telegraph or telephone by wireless.
- wire + -less 1890–95
wire′less•ness, n.
wireless, +n.
- Electronicsany system or device, as a cellular phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.
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