chat room

US/ˈtʃæt(ˌ)ɹum/

noun

Part of a website or other network where visitors can converse in typed messages.

“denizens of cyberspace chat rooms”

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Meanings

nounchat room (plural chat rooms)

plural chat rooms · alternative chatroom · alternative chat-room

  1. InternetPart of a website or other network where visitors can converse in typed messages.

    denizens of cyberspace chat rooms

    2 more examples

    If he got flamed for his lies or his ignorance, he simply moved to another chat room.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

    Similarly, Fingilish usually refers to transliterated Farsi in chatrooms, text messages, and the like.

    2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)

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web sitewebsiteinternet site

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic غُرْفَة دَرْدَشَة
  • غُرْفَة دَرْدَشَةwebsite
Chinese Cantonese 聊天室
  • 聊天室website
Chinese Mandarin 聊天室
  • 聊天室 (liáotiānshì)website
Dutch chatroom, chatbox
  • chatroomwebsite
  • chatboxwebsite
Esperanto retbabilejo, babilejo
  • retbabilejowebsite
  • babilejowebsite
Finnish keskusteluhuone, keskustelukanava
  • keskusteluhuonewebsite
  • keskustelukanavawebsite
  • chattiwebsite
French clavardoir
  • clavardoirwebsite
German Chatroom
  • Chatroomwebsite
Icelandic spjallrás
  • spjallráswebsite
Indonesian ruang ngobrol, ruang bincang
  • ruang ngobrolwebsite
  • ruang bincangwebsite
Korean 채팅방, 대화방
  • 채팅방 (chaetingbang)website
  • 대화방 (daehwabang)website
Latin collocutorium
  • collocutoriumwebsite
Polish chatroom
  • chatroomwebsite
Portuguese sala de bate-papo, sala de conversação
  • sala de bate-papowebsite
  • sala de conversaçãowebsite
  • chatwebsite
  • bate-papowebsite
Romanian cameră de chat
  • cameră de chatwebsite
Spanish chat, sala de chat
  • chatwebsite
  • sala de chatwebsite
  • sala de charlawebsite
  • sala de pláticawebsite
  • sala de conversaciónwebsite
Swedish chatt, chattsida
  • chattwebsite
  • chattsidawebsite
  • chattrumwebsite
Turkish sohbet odası
  • sohbet odasıwebsite
Welsh ystafell sgwrsio
  • ystafell sgwrsiowebsite
Cite this entry
APA

chat room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chat%20room

MLA

“chat room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chat%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chat room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chat%20room.

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