idiot box

Questions about idiot box

What does idiot box mean?

idiot box means "an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen".

What is another word for idiot box?

Close synonyms include television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is idiot box a common word?

idiot box is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.