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web browser

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

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  • /ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: browser

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of web browser.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a program used to view HTML documents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: browser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: application, application program, applications programme

Narrower terms: Internet Explorer, Explorer, IE, Konqueror, lynx, Mosaic, Netscape, Opera

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: webblaaier — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Albanian: shfletues i internetit — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Albanian: shfletues — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Arabic: مُتَصَفِّح (mutaṣaffiḥ) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Arabic: مُتَصْفَح وِب (mutaṣfaḥ web) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Armenian: դիտարկիչ (ditarkičʻ) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Azerbaijani: brauzer — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Azerbaijani: səyyah — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Belarusian: бра́ўзэр (bráwzer) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Belarusian: вэб-агляда́льнік (veb-ahljadálʹnik) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Belarusian: ўэб-агляда́льнік (web-ahljadálʹnik) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Belarusian: агляда́льнік (ahljadálʹnik) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Bengali: ব্রাউজার (braujar) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Bulgarian: бра́узър (bráuzǎr) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Bulgarian: уе́б бра́узър (uéb bráuzǎr) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Bulgarian: уе́б навига́тор (uéb navigátor) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Burmese: ရှောက်ကြည့်ရာတွင် သုံးသည့်တန်ဆာ (hraukkrany.ra-twang sum:sany.tanhca) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Catalan: navegador — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Catalan: navegador web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Chinese Cantonese: 瀏覽器 /浏览器 (lau4 laam5 hei3) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Chinese: 瀏覽器 /浏览器 (liû-lám-khì) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瀏覽器 /浏览器 (liúlǎnqì) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Czech: webový prohlížeč — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Czech: prohlížeč — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Danish: browser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Danish: webbrowser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Dutch: webbrowser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Dutch: bladerprogramma — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Dutch: bladeraar — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Esperanto: retumilo — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Esperanto: foliumilo — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Esperanto: krozilo — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Esperanto: TTT-legilo — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Estonian: brauser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Faroese: kagari — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Finnish: selain — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Finnish: verkkoselain — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Finnish: www-selain — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • French: navigateur web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • French: navigateur — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • French: butineur — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Galician: navegador — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Galician: navegador web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Georgian: ბრაუზერი (brauzeri) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Georgian: ვებ-ბრაუზერი (veb-brauzeri) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • German: Browser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • German: Webbrowser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Greek: περιηγητής (periigitís) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Greek: φυλλομετρητής (fyllometritís) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Greek: πρόγραμμα περιήγησης (prógramma periígisis) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hebrew: דַּפְדְּפָן (dafd'fán) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hindi: विचरक (vicrak) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hindi: जाल विचरक (jāl vicrak) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hindi: ब्राउज़र (brāuzar) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: böngésző — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: webböngésző — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: böngészőprogram — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: internetböngésző — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Icelandic: vafri — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Indonesian: penjelajah web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Indonesian: peramban web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Italian: browser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Japanese: ウェブブラウザ (webu burauza) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Japanese: ブラウザ (burauza) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Kazakh: веб шолғыш (veb şolğyş) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Khmer: កម្មវិធីរុករកបណ្ដាញ (kamvithii ruk rɔɔk bɑɑbɑndaañ) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Korean: 웹 브라우저 (wep beuraujeo) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Korean: 브라우저 (beuraujeo) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Kurdish: gerok (ku) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Northern Kurdish: gerokên webê — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Kyrgyz: браузер (brauzer) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Lao: ເວັບເບຣົາວ໌ເຊີຣ໌ (wep bē ruau sœ̄n) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Latvian: pārlūkprogramma — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Lithuanian: naršyklė — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Low German: webkyker — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Low German: netkyker — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Macedonian: прели́стувач (prelístuvač) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Macedonian: прегледувач (pregleduvač) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Malay: pelayar web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Malay: penyemak imbas — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Malay: pelayar — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Māori: pūtirotiro — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Māori: pūmanawa tirotiro — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Māori: mata ipurangi — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Mongolian: цахим хөтөч (caxim xötöč) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Navajo: bee haʼnitá — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nettleser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nettlesar — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Iranian Persian: مُرورْگَر (morurgar) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Iranian Persian: مُرورْگَرِ وِب (morurgar-e veb) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Polish: przeglądarka internetowa — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Polish: przeglądarka — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: navegador — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: navegador web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: browser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: navegador de Internet — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Romanian: browser — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Romanian: navigator web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Russian: бра́узер (bráuzɛr) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Russian: веб-обозрева́тель (vɛb-obozrevátelʹ) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Russian: обозрева́тель (obozrevátelʹ) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Russian: веб-навига́тор (vɛb-navigátor) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Scottish Gaelic: brabhsair — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: преглѐда̄ч — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́гледнӣк — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: preglèdāč — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: préglednīk — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Sinhalese: වෙබ් බ්රව්සර (web brawsara) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Slovak: webový prehliadač — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Slovak: prehliadač — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Slovene: spletni brskalnik — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Slovene: brskalnik — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Spanish: navegador — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Spanish: navegador web — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Swahili: kivinjari — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Swedish: webbläsare — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tagalog: panginain — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: мурургар (mururgar) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: браузер (brauzer) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: мурургари веб (mururgar-i veb) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tamil: உலாவி (ulāvi) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tamil: மேலோடி (mēlōṭi) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tatar: гизгеч (gizgeç) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Tatar: браузер (brawzer) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Thai: เบราว์เซอร์ (brao-sə̂ə) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: ağ tarayıcısı — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: göz atıcı — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: İnternet tarayıcısı — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: tarayıcı — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: Web göz atıcısı — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: Web tarayıcısı — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: gözatıcı — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: бра́узер (bráuzer) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: веб-бра́узер (veb-bráuzer) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: веб-огля́дач (veb-ohljádač) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: веб-перегля́дач (veb-perehljádač) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: веб-навіга́тор (veb-navihátor) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: огля́дач (ohljádač) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: перегля́дач (perehljádač) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Urdu: بَراؤُزَر (barāuzar) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Urdu: بْراؤُزَر (brāuzar) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Uzbek: brauzer — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Vietnamese: trình duyệt — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
  • Yiddish: בלעטערער (bleterer) — computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web