wireless: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with S
Meaning of wireless
adj
- not-comparable
Not having any wires.
- not-comparable
Functioning without an external wired connection.
Example: wireless headphones
Source: Wiktionary — wireless.
noun
- uncountable, usually
The medium of radio communication.
Example: Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.
- uncountable, usually
A wireless connectivity to a computer network.
Example: If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.
- UK, dated, uncountable, usually
A radio set.
Example: Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news.
Listed forms: wirelesses.
Source: Wiktionary — wireless.
verb
- dated, obsolete, transitive
To send (a message) by wireless or radio.
Listed forms: wirelesses, wirelessing, wirelessed.
Source: Wiktionary — wireless.
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 wireless.
noun
medium for communication
- radio
- radiocommunication
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 wireless 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 wireless
W(4) + I(1) + R(1) + E(1) + L(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of wireless
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from wireless
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