radio: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with R · ends with O
Meaning of radio
noun
- uncountable
The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
Example: send a message by radio
- countable
A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
Example: (of a song, person, etc.) to be on the radio
- broadly, countable
A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.
- countable
A device that can transmit radio signals.
Listed forms: radios.
Source: Wiktionary — radio.
verb
- ambitransitive
To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
- transitive
To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
Listed forms: radios, radioes, radioing, radioed.
Source: Wiktionary — radio.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for radio.
noun
medium for communication
- radiocommunication
- wireless
noun
an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
noun
a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is radio in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of radio
R(1) + A(1) + D(2) + I(1) + O(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of radio
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from radio
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in radio. Showing up to 24, longest first.