wireless

[wahyuhr-lis]

adjective

1. having no wire.

2. noting or pertaining to any of various devices that are operated with or actuated by electromagnetic waves.

3. Chiefly British.,  radio.

noun

1. wireless telegraphy or telephony.

2. a wireless telegraph or telephone, or the like.

3. any system or device, as a cell phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.

4. a wireless message.

5. Chiefly British.,  radio.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to telegraph or telephone by wireless.

wireless

/ ˈwaɪəlɪs /

adjective

1. communicating without connecting wires or other material contacts

   wireless networks

   wireless internet connection

noun

1. old-fashioned,  another word for radio

Other Word Forms

• wirelessly adverb
• wirelessness noun
• prewireless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wireless¹

First recorded in 1890–95; wire + -less

Related Words

• Wi-Fi