wysiwyg

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/ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ//ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/

noun

A type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.

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Meanings

wysiwyg1

phrase
  1. Alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.

WYSIWYG2

phrase

alternative Wysiwyg · alternative wysiwyg

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of what you see is what you get.
nounWYSIWYG (plural WYSIWYGs)

plural WYSIWYGs · alternative Wysiwyg · alternative wysiwyg

  1. computingA type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.

    WYSIWYGs are helpful tools in that they enable you to create pages much more quickly

    2003, James H. Pence, How to Do Everything with HTML & XHTML, page 132

Wysiwyg3

phrase
  1. Alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
what you see is what you get

Origin

Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 所見即所得 /所见即所得
  • 所見即所得 /所见即所得 (suǒjiàn jí suǒdé)a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Finnish WYSIWYG
  • WYSIWYGa type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
German WYSIWYG, wirklichkeitsgetreue Darstellung auf dem Bildschirm
  • WYSIWYGa type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
  • wirklichkeitsgetreue Darstellung auf dem Bildschirma type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Hungarian WYSIWYG
  • WYSIWYGa type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Polish WYSIWYG
  • WYSIWYGa type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Portuguese o que você vê é o que você tem
  • o que você vê é o que você tema type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Romanian ceea ce vezi e ceea ce vei obține
  • ceea ce vezi e ceea ce vei obținea type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Russian что ви́дишь, то и полу́чишь, WYSIWYG
  • что ви́дишь, то и полу́чишь (što vídišʹ, to i polúčišʹ)a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
  • WYSIWYGa type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Turkish WYSIWYG
  • WYSIWYGa type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image
Cite this entry
APA

wysiwyg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wysiwyg

MLA

“wysiwyg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wysiwyg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wysiwyg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wysiwyg.

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