Synonyms for Channel

Top synonyms for “channel”: canal, carry, channelise, channelize, communication channel, conduct, convey, distribution channel, and 11 more below.

Definitions

1. (noun)a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
   “possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores”
2. (noun)a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
   “the fields were crossed with irrigation channels”
3. (noun)a television station and its programs
   “a satellite TV channel”
4. (noun)a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
   “the tear duct was obstructed”
5. (noun)a path over which electrical signals can pass
   “a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company”
6. (noun)(often plural) a means of communication or access
   “it must go through official channels”
7. (noun)a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
   “the ship went aground in the channel”
8. (noun)a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
9. (verb)send from one person or place to another
   “transmit a message”
10. (verb)direct the flow of
    “channel information towards a broad audience”
11. (verb)transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
    “Sound carries well over water”

Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).