TAPES Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

tapes 1 of 2

noun

plural of tape

as in videotapes

a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tape

as in wires

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Recent Examples of tapes

Noun

Music scenes were insular; tapes were copied by hand and passed between friends and family. — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026 More important sonically, Collins and his collaborators located the original tapes, including 7-inch studio reels recorded at 15 ips and, through Cynthia Lee, the EP master. — Cary Baker, SPIN, 20 Oct. 2026 Products like inflatable dams, flood barriers that attach to doors more like dog gates or even good ol’ fashioned waterproofing tapes and foams are generally fine to install. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts, the group's executive director, said then that recordings of elders' stories on old tapes were likely melted. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Over time, his methods became more sophisticated, and Jacobs would set up microphones next to the venue’s soundboard or plug directly into it to record on cassettes, and later digital audio tapes and memory cards. — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 The series has created a stir ahead of its premiere because the producers have secured access to hours of tapes that the Princess recorded in conversation with her friend James Colthurst in 1991. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 There was plenty of archives to work with, as Carroll was a pack rat with a robust archive full of audio tapes of interviews from McCalls, NBC, and others. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026 When Guilfoyle started working for Court TV in New York, Newsom would review tapes of her broadcasts, critiquing her facial expressions. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapes

Noun

Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
The company over time grew from offering records, to cassette tapes, then CDs, eventually adding videotapes, then DVDs and Blu-rays to its mail-order offerings.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of videotapes

Noun

The Besens make short videos about each new listing and push them to the cities where the weddings are.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Social media videos of him hitting tennis balls and baseballs while listing his policy proposals have provided a font of online mockery.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026