Synonyms & related words for answerphone

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Words related to answerphone

Explore words related to answerphone — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include voicemail, telephoned, phoned, telephoning, telephoner, phoning, telephones, telephonist. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does answerphone come from?

The word answerphone breaks down into 2 roots of Old English and Greek origin: answer, from Old English andswaru (“reply, swear against”); and -phone, from Greek phone (“voice, sound”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.