The person on/at the other end of the line

Xinfu · #1 July 04, 2015, 05:59 AM

What do you call the person on/at the other end of the line (=telephone line)? An opponent?

**Rusty** · #2 July 04, 2015, 06:48 AM

We usually just say 'the person on the phone' or 'the person on the other end of the line' if we aren't providing the person's identity or relationship to us.

'Opponent' would not be used.
'Interlocutor' may be used, but this isn't a common word.

Xinfu · #3 July 06, 2015, 03:54 AM

Thank you.

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