teletypewriter

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noun

Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).

Similar
teletypeteleprinterteletype machinetelextelex machine
OriginEnglish typewriter ← Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle) ← Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- →
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Meanings

nounteletypewriter (plural teletypewriters)

plural teletypewriters

  1. Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).

    Synonyms: teletype

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).

Similar
teletype

More synonyms by meaning

nouna character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

Similar
teleprinterteletype machinetelextelex machine
Broader
character printercharacter-at-a-time printerserial printer
Also see
teleprinterteletypetelex

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Englishtypewriter
  5. Englishteletypewriter

From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + typewriter.

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APA

teletypewriter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teletypewriter

MLA

“teletypewriter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teletypewriter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teletypewriter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teletypewriter.

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