Standard Lemma guide

CGI

name · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: S IY2 G IY2 AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Common Gateway Interface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Initialism of Computer-Generated Imagery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Qualifier: visual effects; animation; visual effects; animation

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: CG

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To create visuals using computer-generated imagery; to apply visual effects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • When a Transformer turns into a car, do you think it's a real car or was it also CGIed?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.