Definition for Telescope:

• Instrument for making distant objects appear nearer& larger, whence telescopist( 3), telescopy, nn.; ( v. t.) press, drive, ( sections of tube, colliding trains, &c.) together so that one slides into another like sections of small t.; ( v. i.) close, be driven, be capable of closing, thus.

Synonyms for Telescope:

• n.

  •
  • telescopic,
  • opera glasses.
  •artifact (noun)
  • telescope,
  • scope.
  •field glasses (noun)
  • Helioscope,
  • refracting telescope,
  • mercurial telescope,
  • Galilean Telescope,
  • Gregorian Telescope,
  • Telengiscope,
  • prism telescope,
  • glass,
  • Telestereoscope,
  • Polemoscope,
  • reflecting telescope,
  • equatorial telescope,
  • Teinoscope,
  • Telespectroscope,
  • Telelectroscope,
  • glasses.

• v.

  •compress (verb)
  • decrease,
  • pack,
  • press,
  • abridge,
  • cram,
  • cramp,
  • tighten,
  • abbreviate,
  • consolidate,
  • bind,
  • ram,
  • stuff,
  • contract,
  • crowd,
  • shrivel,
  • dehydrate,
  • shrink,
  • constrict,
  • abstract,
  • reduce,
  • epitomize,
  • summarize,
  • coagulate,
  • wrap,
  • narrow,
  • restrict.
  •condense (verb)
  • curtail,
  • cut down,
  • edit,
  • precipitate,
  • inventory,
  • trim,
  • synopsize,
  • compact,
  • encapsulate,
  • solidify,
  • chop,
  • sum.
  •fold (verb)
  • crisp,
  • crumple,
  • overlap,
  • ruffle,
  • overlay,
  • intertwine,
  • gather,
  • cockle,
  • wrinkle,
  • curl,
  • tuck,
  • groove,
  • pleat,
  • pucker,
  • furrow,
  • knit,
  • crimp,
  • hem,
  • ridge,
  • replicate,
  • lap,
  • ruck,
  • purse,
  • bend,
  • double.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • elongate,
  • spyglass,
  • binoculars,
  • shorten,
  • truncate.
  •
  • transit,
  • pay out.
  •
  • turn up.
  •
  • cut.
  •field glasses
  • opera-glass.

Paraphrases for Telescope:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    scope.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    binoculars.

Antonyms for Telescope:

• v.

  • compress
    blow up, disperse, loose, Unwrinkle, loosen, increase, fill, allow, uncondense, enlarge, uncompress, free, open, raise, extend, lengthen, amplify, grow, stretch, strengthen, let go, untie, release, add, expand.
  • condense
    thin, develop.
  • fold
    divide, let out, succeed, straighten, unbend, achieve, flatten, separate, leave, smooth.
  • Other antonyms:
    dilate, scatter, Outstretch, inflate, distend, outspread, decompress, dissipate, swell.

Telescope Sentence Examples:

• Kohn, Cotton Mills of South Carolina, giving quotation from Columbia Telescope.

• " Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was.

Hypernym for Telescope:

• n.

  • artifact
    collimator, solar telescope, astronomical telescope, equatorial, transit instrument.

Hyponym for Telescope:

• n.

  • artifact
    magnifier.

• v.

  • change
    condense, digest, concentrate.
  • contact
    mash, squeeze, crush, squash, squelch.

Meronym for Telescope:

• n.

  • artifact
    finder, viewfinder, aperture, view finder, optical prism, prism.