television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box

a receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly"

• receiver, receiving system — set that receives radio or tv signals

• kinescope, picture tube, television tube — a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

• television, television system — a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points