noun · 4 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
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UK:/ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/
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US:/ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/
sīʹbər-spās'
CMU ARPABET:S AY1 B ER0 S P EY2 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A world of information accessed through the Internet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The Internet as a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cloud, cyberspace, digital highway, Infobahn, information highway, information superhighway, Internet, Intertubes, interweb, Net, series of tubes, t'internet, interwebs, interwebz
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: internet, net
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: computer network
History
Etymology
Blend of cybernetics + space, equivalent to cyber- + space, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in his short story collection Burning Chrome (1982) and popularized in his novel Neuromancer (1984).
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kuberruimte
— world of information
Armenian:
կիբերտարածք
(kibertarackʻ)
— world of information
Catalan:
ciberespai
— world of information
Chinese Mandarin:
網絡空間 /网络空间
(wǎngluò kōngjiān)
— world of information
Chinese Mandarin:
虛擬空間 /虚拟空间
(xūnǐ kōngjiān)
— world of information
Chinese Mandarin:
賽博空間 /赛博空间
(sàibó kōngjiān)
— world of information
Czech:
kyberprostor
— world of information
Estonian:
küberruum
— world of information
Faroese:
netrúm
— world of information
Finnish:
kyberavaruus
— world of information
French:
cyberespace
— world of information
Galician:
ciberespazo
— world of information
Georgian:
კიბერსივრცე
(ḳibersivrce)
— world of information
German:
Cyberspace
— world of information
Greek:
κυβερνοχώρος
(kyvernochóros)
— world of information
Ido:
kiberspaco
— world of information
Indonesian:
dunia maya
— world of information
Irish:
an cibearspás
— world of information
Italian:
cyberspazio
— world of information
Italian:
ciberspazio
— world of information
Japanese:
サイバースペース
(saibāsupēsu)
— world of information
Japanese:
サイバー空間
(saibākūkan)
— world of information
Kazakh:
киберкеңістік
(kiberkeñıstık)
— world of information
Korean:
가상 공간
(gasang gonggan)
— world of information
Korean:
사이버 공간
(saibeo gonggan)
— world of information
Korean:
사이버스페이스
(saibeoseupeiseu)
— world of information
Latvian:
kibertelpa
— world of information
Malay:
ruang siber
— world of information
Norman:
cybèrespace
— world of information
Norwegian:
kyberrom
— world of information
Polish:
cyberprzestrzeń
— world of information
Portuguese:
ciberespaço
— world of information
Russian:
киберпростра́нство
(kiberprostránstvo)
— world of information
Spanish:
ciberespacio
— world of information
Swedish:
cyberrymd
— world of information
Swedish:
sajberspejs
— world of information
Thai:
ไซเบอร์สเปซ
(sai-bə̂ə-sà-bpées)
— world of information
Turkish:
siberuzay
— world of information
Ukrainian:
кіберпро́стір
(kiberpróstir)
— world of information
Armenian:
կիբերտարածք
(kibertarackʻ)
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Chinese Mandarin:
網絡空間 /网络空间
(wǎngluò kōngjiān)
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Chinese Mandarin:
虛擬空間 /虚拟空间
(xūnǐ kōngjiān)
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Chinese Mandarin:
賽博空間 /赛博空间
(sàibó kōngjiān)
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Estonian:
küberruum
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Finnish:
kyberavaruus
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Greek:
κυβερνοχώρος
(kyvernochóros)
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Indonesian:
ruang siber
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Polish:
cyberprzestrzeń
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Portuguese:
ciberespaço
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Russian:
киберпростра́нство
(kiberprostránstvo)
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
Thai:
ไซเบอร์สเปซ
(sai-bə̂ə-sà-bpées)
— science fiction: three-dimensional representation of virtual space
