cyberspace

B2 Topic:Technology & Computing

US /ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/ UK /ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #35317

Meanings

1

noun
The Internet and the online world as a whole.

News spreads through cyberspace within seconds these days.
2

noun
The world of information that you reach through the Internet.

Our personal data now lives somewhere out in cyberspace.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the internet and the online... net internet

Opposites

fleshspacemeatspace

Word family

Related forms airspacebattlespacecyberpunkmetaverseseaspace

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).

Topics

Technology & Computing

External links

# cyberspace

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 35317

## Meanings
1. The Internet and the online world as a whole.
2. The world of information that you reach through the Internet.

## Examples
- News spreads through cyberspace within seconds these days.
- Our personal data now lives somewhere out in cyberspace.

## Antonyms
- fleshspace
- meatspace

## Related Forms
- airspace
- battlespace
- cyberpunk
- metaverse
- seaspace

## 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).

## AI Etymology
cyberspace is a 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). Current senses include The Internet and the online world as a whole and The world of information that you reach through the Internet. English relatives and later formations include airspace, battlespace.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing

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