wireless

1. 1

   Not having any wires.not-comparable

2. 2

   Functioning without an external wired connection.not-comparable

   • wireless headphones
   • wireless charging

syn. cordless

ant. wired

1. 1

   The medium of radio communication.uncountableusually

   • Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.
2. 2

   A wireless connectivity to a computer network.uncountableusually

   • If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.
3. 3

   A radio set.UKdateduncountable

   • Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news.

1. 1

   To send (a message) by wireless or radio.datedobsoletetransitive

   • At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home.
   • Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.