cyberwar

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noun

Cyberwarfare.

Similar
cyber-terrorism
Opposite
cybersafetycybersecurity
OriginEnglish war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre →
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Meanings

nouncyberwar (countable and uncountable, plural cyberwars)

plural cyberwars

  1. uncountableCyberwarfare.

    Antonyms: cybersafety, cybersecurity

  2. countableA cyberwarfare war.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCyberwarfare.

Opposite
cybersafetycybersecurity

More synonyms by meaning

nounan assault on electronic communication networks

Similar
cyber-terrorism
Broader
terrorismact of terrorismterrorist act
Also see
cyberwarfare

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  6. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  8. Frankish*werʀ
  9. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  10. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  11. Old Englishwerre
  12. Middle Englishwerre
  13. Englishwar
  14. Englishcyberwar

From cyber- + war.

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Translations

Arabic حَرْب إِلِكْتُرُونِيَّة, حَرْب سِيبْرَانِيَّة
  • حَرْب إِلِكْتُرُونِيَّة (ḥarb ʔilikturūniyya)a cyberwarfare war
  • حَرْب سِيبْرَانِيَّة (ḥarb sībrāniyya)a cyberwarfare war
Dutch cyberoorlog
  • cyberoorloga cyberwarfare war
Finnish kybersota
  • kybersotaa cyberwarfare war
Portuguese guerra cibernética, ciberguerra
  • guerra cibernéticaa cyberwarfare war
  • ciberguerraa cyberwarfare war
Spanish ciberguerra
  • ciberguerraa cyberwarfare war
Cite this entry
APA

cyberwar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberwar

MLA

“cyberwar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberwar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberwar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberwar.

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