Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > W Synonyms of wiretap Find synonyms for: Noun1. wiretap, tap, investigation, investigatingusage: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get informationVerb1. wiretap, tap, intercept, bug, listen in, eavesdropusage: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of wiretap (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: nomdeguerre Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language