[Object] To provide a wireless communication device which enables paging to be effectively performed with respect to a terminal device that is a target of paging in a system in which another terminal device acts like a cell.
[Solution] Provided is a terminal device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a paging message from a base station; and a control unit configured to execute paging with respect to one or more other terminal devices that perform wireless communication with the base station via the terminal device on the basis of the paging message acquired by the acquisition unit.