megaphone
/ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/US/ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/
megaphone noun: a portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
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Noun (1)
megaphone (plural megaphones)
- A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
- Synonyms:
- bullhorn, speaking trumpet
- Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
- If Pack does become head of the BBG, critics fear that he will turn Voice of America and the other BBG networks into a megaphone for Trump.2018 June 6, Arwa Mahdawi, “Michael Pack: the Bannon ally critics fear will become Trump's global propagandist”, in The Guardian
Verb
megaphone (third-person singular simple present megaphones, present participle megaphoning, simple past and past participle megaphoned)
- To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.
Noun (2)
megaphone (uncountable)
megaphone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
megaphone in Hindi
- portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- मेगाफ़ोन megāfon
megaphone in Tamil
- குரல் பெருக்கி, ஒலிபெருக்கி
megaphone in Urdu
- بھونپو, بلند گو
megaphone in Malayalam
- ഉച്ചഭാഷിണി
More languagesFewer languages
- megaphone in Kannada
- ಉಲಿಪೆಚ್ಚುಕ, ಮಹಾಧ್ವನಿಕ
- megaphone in Tagalog
- panalingagngag
- megaphone in Arabic
- مُكَبِّر صَوْت mukabbir ṣawt, بُوق būq
- megaphone in Malay
- megafon
- megaphone in Indonesian
- megafon, corong suara
- megaphone in Persian
- مگافون megâfôn
- megaphone in Thai
- โทรโข่ง too-rá-kòong
- megaphone in Vietnamese
- loa phóng thanh, loa
- megaphone in Myanmar
- အော်လန် aulan
Synonyms of megaphone
Forms of megaphone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | megaphones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | megaphones |
| present participle | megaphoning |
| past participle | megaphoned |
| past | megaphoned |
Origin of megaphone
From mega- + -phone.
Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + -one.
Words formed from megaphone
Questions about megaphone
- What does megaphone mean?
- Megaphone means a portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
- What is megaphone in Hindi?
- Megaphone in Hindi is मेगाफ़ोन (megāfon). See Megaphone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is megaphone?
- Megaphone can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce megaphone?
- Megaphone is pronounced /ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of megaphone?
- The plural of megaphone is megaphones.
Words near megaphone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: megaphone (page history and authors); megaphone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); megaphone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); megaphone (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); megaphone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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