teleprinter

Questions about teleprinter

What does teleprinter mean?

teleprinter means "a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter".

How many syllables are in teleprinter?

teleprinter has 4 syllables: te-le-prin-ter. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for teleprinter?

Close synonyms include teletypewriter, teletype machine, telex, telex machine. 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 teleprinter a common word?

teleprinter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.