Standard Lemma guide

hyperlink

noun · verb · 6 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • hīʹ-pə(r)-lĭngk'
  • /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌlɪŋk/
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  • rhymes with -ɪŋk
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 P ER0 L IH0 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: link

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: link

2

noun

Meaning 2

The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To point to another document by a hyperlink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To add a hyperlink to a document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: link

History

Etymology

From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.

Across languages

Translations

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tejlidhje — link from one electronic document to another
  • Albanian: lidhje — link from one electronic document to another
  • Arabic: اِرْتِبَاط تَشَعُّبِيّ (irtibāṭ tašaʕʕubiyy) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Armenian: հիպերհղում (hiperhġum) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Armenian: հղում (hġum) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Bashkir: һылтанма (hıltanma) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Belarusian: гіперспасы́лка (hipjerspasýlka) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Belarusian: лінк (link) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Belarusian: спасы́лка (spasýlka) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Bengali: হাইপারলিংক (haiparliṅk) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Bulgarian: хипервръзка (hipervrǎzka) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Bulgarian: хиперлинк (hiperlink) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Bulgarian: линк (link) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Bulgarian: връзка (vrǎzka) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Chinese Cantonese: 超連結 /超连结 (ciu1 lin4 git3) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超鏈接 /超链接 (chāoliànjiē) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超連結 /超连结 (chāoliánjié) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Czech: hyperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Danish: hyperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Dutch: hyperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Esperanto: ligilo — link from one electronic document to another
  • Estonian: hüperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Finnish: hyperlinkki — link from one electronic document to another
  • French: hyperlien — link from one electronic document to another
  • Georgian: ჰიპერბმული (hiṗerbmuli) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Georgian: ჰიპერლინკი (hiṗerlinḳi) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Georgian: ბმული (bmuli) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Georgian: ლინკი (linḳi) — link from one electronic document to another
  • German: Hyperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • German: Hypertextlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • German: Querverweis — link from one electronic document to another
  • German: Weblink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Greek: υπερσύνδεσμος (ypersýndesmos) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Greek: υπερζεύξη (yperzéfxi) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Hebrew: קישור \ קִשּׁוּר (ki'shur) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Hindi: हाइपरलिंक (hāiparliṅk) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Hungarian: hiperhivatkozás — link from one electronic document to another
  • Icelandic: tengill — link from one electronic document to another
  • Ido: hiperligilo — link from one electronic document to another
  • Irish: hipearnasc — link from one electronic document to another
  • Japanese: 超連結子 (chōrenketsushi) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Japanese: ハイパーリンク (haipārinku) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Japanese: リンク (rinku) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Kazakh: гиперсілтеме (gipersılteme) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Khmer: តំណភ្ជាប់ (tom-nor-phorb) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Korean: 하이퍼링크 (haipeoringkeu) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Korean: 링크 (ringkeu) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Latvian: hipersaite — link from one electronic document to another
  • Lithuanian: hipersaitas — link from one electronic document to another
  • Macedonian: хиперврска (hipervrska) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Malay: hiperpautan — link from one electronic document to another
  • Māori: honongaitua — link from one electronic document to another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hyperlenke — link from one electronic document to another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hyperkopling — link from one electronic document to another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hyperlenke — link from one electronic document to another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hyperlenkje — link from one electronic document to another
  • Ojibwe: aanikegamaa — link from one electronic document to another
  • Persian: ابرپیوند (abarpeyvand) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Polish: link — link from one electronic document to another
  • Polish: łącze — link from one electronic document to another
  • Polish: hiperłącze — link from one electronic document to another
  • Polish: odnośnik — link from one electronic document to another
  • Portuguese: hiperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Portuguese: hiperligação — link from one electronic document to another
  • Romanian: hiperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Russian: гиперссы́лка (giperssýlka) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Russian: гиперли́нк (giperlínk) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Russian: линк (link) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Russian: ссы́лка (ssýlka) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: хипервеза — link from one electronic document to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: повезница — link from one electronic document to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: хиперлинк — link from one electronic document to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: hiperveza — link from one electronic document to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: poveznica — link from one electronic document to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: hiperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Slovak: hyperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Slovene: hiperpovezava — link from one electronic document to another
  • Spanish: hiperenlace — link from one electronic document to another
  • Spanish: hipervínculo — link from one electronic document to another
  • Swedish: hyperlänk — link from one electronic document to another
  • Tagalog: kawingan — link from one electronic document to another
  • Thai: ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (hai-bpəə-líng) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Thai: ลิงก์ (líng) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Turkish: hiper bağ — link from one electronic document to another
  • Turkish: üst bağ — link from one electronic document to another
  • Turkish: hyperlink — link from one electronic document to another
  • Ukrainian: гіперпосила́ння (hiperposylánnja) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Ukrainian: гіперлі́нк (hiperlínk) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Ukrainian: лінк (link) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Ukrainian: посила́ння (posylánnja) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Urdu: ہائپرلنکس (hāiparliṅk) — link from one electronic document to another
  • Vietnamese: siêu liên kết — link from one electronic document to another
  • Vietnamese: siêu đường dẫn — link from one electronic document to another
  • Bashkir: һылтанма (hıltanma) — area on a Web page
  • Finnish: hyperlinkki — area on a Web page
  • French: lien — area on a Web page
  • French: lien hypertexte — area on a Web page
  • French: hyperlien — area on a Web page
  • German: Hyperlink — area on a Web page
  • German: Hypertextlink — area on a Web page
  • German: Querverweis — area on a Web page
  • Greek: υπερσύνδεσμος (ypersýndesmos) — area on a Web page
  • Greek: υπερζεύξη (yperzéfxi) — area on a Web page
  • Ido: hiperligilo — area on a Web page
  • Irish: hipearnasc — area on a Web page
  • Italian: collegamento ipertestuale — area on a Web page
  • Korean: 하이퍼링크 (haipeoringkeu) — area on a Web page
  • Macedonian: хиперврска (hipervrska) — area on a Web page
  • Portuguese: hiperligação — area on a Web page
  • Portuguese: hiperlink — area on a Web page
  • Swedish: hyperlänk — area on a Web page
  • Thai: ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (hai-bpəə-líng) — area on a Web page
  • Thai: ลิงก์ (líng) — area on a Web page
  • Turkish: hiper bağ — area on a Web page
  • Turkish: üst bağ — area on a Web page
  • Greek: υπερσυνδέω (ypersyndéo) — to point to another document by a hyperlink
  • Ido: hiperligar — to point to another document by a hyperlink
  • Irish: hipearnasc — to point to another document by a hyperlink
  • Polish: linkować — to point to another document by a hyperlink
  • Spanish: hiperenlazar — to point to another document by a hyperlink
  • Swedish: länka — to point to another document by a hyperlink
  • Vietnamese: liên kết — to point to another document by a hyperlink
  • Greek: υπερσυνδέω (ypersyndéo) — to add a hyperlink to a document
  • Irish: hipearnasc — to add a hyperlink to a document
  • Japanese: ハイパーリンク (haipārinku) — to add a hyperlink to a document
  • Spanish: hipervincular — to add a hyperlink to a document
  • Swedish: länka — to add a hyperlink to a document
  • Vietnamese: đặt siêu liên kết — to add a hyperlink to a document
  • Greek: υπερσυνδέομαι (ypersyndéomai) — to use a hyperlink to jump to a document
  • Ido: hiperligilar — to use a hyperlink to jump to a document
  • Irish: hipearnasc — to use a hyperlink to jump to a document
  • Vietnamese: mở siêu liên kết — to use a hyperlink to jump to a document
  • Vietnamese: truy cập siêu liên kết — to use a hyperlink to jump to a document