Meanings
megaphone1
nounmegaphone (plural megaphones)
plural megaphones
- figurativelyMouthpiece 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
verbmegaphone (third-person singular simple present megaphones, present participle megaphoning, simple past and past participle megaphoned)
present singular third person megaphones · participle present megaphoning · participle past megaphoned · past megaphoned
- intransitivetransitiveTo use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.
megaphone2
nounmegaphone (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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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Arabic مُكَبِّر صَوْت, بُوق
- مُكَبِّر صَوْت (mukabbir ṣawt)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- بُوق (būq)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Bulgarian ру́пор, мегафо́н
- ру́пор (rúpor)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- мегафо́н (megafón)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- високоговори́тел (visokogovorítel)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Catalan megàfon
- megàfonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Chinese Cantonese 大聲公 /大声公
- 大聲公 /大声公 (daai⁶ seng¹ gung¹)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Chinese Mandarin 擴音器 /扩音器, 喊話器 /喊话器
- 擴音器 /扩音器 (kuòyīnqì)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- 喊話器 /喊话器 (hǎnhuàqì)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Czech megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Danish megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Dutch megafoon
- megafoonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Esperanto megafono
- megafonoportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Estonian megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Finnish megafoni, huutotorvi
- megafoniportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- huutotorviportable device used to amplify a person's voice
French porte-voix, portevoix
- porte-voixportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- portevoixportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- mégaphoneportable device used to amplify a person's voice
German Megafon, Sprachrohr
- Megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- Sprachrohrportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- Sprechtrichterportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- Flüstertüteportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Greek μεγάφωνο, τηλεβόας
- μεγάφωνο (megáfono)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- τηλεβόας (tilevóas)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- χωνί (choní)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- ντουντούκα (ntountoúka)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Hebrew מֵגָפוֹן \ מגאפון
- מֵגָפוֹן \ מגאפון (megafon)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Hindi मेगाफ़ोन
- मेगाफ़ोन (megāfon)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Hungarian megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Indonesian megafon, corong suara
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- corong suaraportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Italian megafono
- megafonoportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Japanese メガホン, 伝音器
- メガホン (megahon)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- 伝音器 (den'onki)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- ブルホーン (buruhōn)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Korean 메가폰, 전음기
- 메가폰 (megapon)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- 전음기 (jeoneumgi)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- 경음기 (gyeong'eumgi)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- 확성기 (hwakseonggi)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Latin megaphonum, megaphonium
- megaphonumportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- megaphoniumportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Latvian megafons
- megafonsportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Lithuanian megafonas
- megafonasportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Malay megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Norwegian Bokmål megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Persian مگافون
- مگافون (megâfôn)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Polish megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Portuguese megafone
- megafoneportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Romanian megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Russian мегафо́н, ру́пор
- мегафо́н (megafón)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- ру́пор (rúpor)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Slovak megafón
- megafónportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Spanish megáfono
- megáfonoportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Swedish megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Tagalog panalingagngag
- panalingagngagportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Thai โทรโข่ง
- โทรโข่ง (too-rá-kòong)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Turkish megafon
- megafonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Ukrainian мегафо́н, ру́пор
- мегафо́н (mehafón)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- ру́пор (rúpor)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- гучномо́вець (hučnomóvecʹ)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
- динамік (dynamik)portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Vietnamese loa phóng thanh, loa
- loa phóng thanhportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- loaportable device used to amplify a person's voice
Welsh megaffon, corn siarad
- megaffonportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- corn siaradportable device used to amplify a person's voice
- chwyddleisyddportable device used to amplify a person's voice
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megaphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megaphone
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“megaphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megaphone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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