telescope

/tˈɛləskˌoʊp/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. crush together or collapse
   “In the accident, the cars telescoped”
2. make smaller or shorter
   “the novel was telescoped into a short play”

noun

1. a magnifier of images of distant objects

Synonyms for telescope

• scope

Words that rhyme with telescope

• hope
• dope
• envelope
• grope
• rope
• scope
• soap
• cope
• lope
• mope
• slope
• cantaloupe
• horoscope
• kaleidoscope
• pope
• tope
• allotrope
• antelope
• bronchoscope
• elope
• endoscope
• epitope
• gastroscope
• gyroscope
• heliotrope
• isotope
• laryngoscope
• microscope
• misanthrope
• ophthalmoscope