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text editor

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A program which allows a user to edit the contents of a text file, usually in an interactive way with immediate visual feedback.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see text, editor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

(computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: editor program, editor

4

noun

Meaning 4

an editor who prepares text for publication

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: copy editor, copyreader

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: editor, editor in chief

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُحَرِّر نُصُوص (muḥarrir nuṣūṣ) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Belarusian: тэ́кставы рэда́ктар (tékstavy redáktar) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Bulgarian: те́кстов реда́ктор (tékstov redáktor) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文本編輯器 /文本编辑器 (wénběn biānjíqì) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Czech: textový editor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Danish: teksteditor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Dutch: teksteditor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Esperanto: tekstredaktilo — something used to edit text in computers
  • Finnish: tekstieditori — something used to edit text in computers
  • Finnish: tekstinmuokkain — something used to edit text in computers
  • Finnish: tekstimuokkain — something used to edit text in computers
  • French: éditeur de texte — something used to edit text in computers
  • German: Texteditor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Greek: κειμενογράφος (keimenográfos) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Icelandic: ritill — something used to edit text in computers
  • Icelandic: textaritill — something used to edit text in computers
  • Japanese: テキストエディタ (tekisuto edita) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Korean: 문서 편집기 (munseo pyeonjipgi) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Korean: 텍스트 에디터 (tekseuteu editeo) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teksteditor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teksteditor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Polish: edytor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Polish: edytor tekstu — something used to edit text in computers
  • Portuguese: editor de texto — something used to edit text in computers
  • Russian: те́кстовый реда́ктор (tékstovyj redáktor) — something used to edit text in computers
  • Slovak: textový editor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Spanish: editor de texto — something used to edit text in computers
  • Spanish: editor textual — something used to edit text in computers
  • Swedish: textredigerare — something used to edit text in computers
  • Swedish: texteditor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Swedish: editor — something used to edit text in computers
  • Turkish: metin düzenleyici — something used to edit text in computers
  • Ukrainian: те́кстовий реда́ктор (tékstovyj redáktor) — something used to edit text in computers