Meanings
noundashboard (plural dashboards)
plural dashboards
- A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night / I can see paradise by the dashboard light
1977, Jim Steinman, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, in Bat Out of Hell, performed by Meat Loaf - nauticalThe float of a paddle wheel.
- computingA graphical user interface for changing settings.
Log in to the dashboard to change your account settings.
- computingA data visualization that summarizes reports from multiple disparate sources at a glance.
- InternetThe personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or followed.
I began following other fat-positive Tumblrs, and soon my dashboard was filled with positive representations of fatness: pictures, stories, quotes, and links to articles and blogs.
2014, Cat Pausé, “Express Yourself: Fat Activism in the Web 2.0 Age”, in Ragen Chastain, editor, The Politics of Size: Perspectives from the Fat Acceptance Movement, page 32 more examples
It's so addictive, I all too often find myself just scrolling down my dashboard on Tumblr, finding things that other people have reblogged that appeal to me, reblogging, then continuing to scroll.
2012, "Grace", quoted in Jennifer Obee, Social Networking: The Ultimate Teen Guide, page 110Though I rarely use it anymore, absently scrolling through my dashboard acquainted me with many new people from all around the world, and it helped me understand myself in new ways.
2022, Barrie Shannon, Sex(uality) Education for Trans and Gender Diverse Youth in Australia, page 163
verbdashboard (third-person singular simple present dashboards, present participle dashboarding, simple past and past participle dashboarded)
present singular third person dashboards · participle present dashboarding · participle past dashboarded · past dashboarded
- To organize in a dashboard format.
Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.
Synonyms & antonyms
Narrower
nounprotective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.
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Broader
nouninstrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
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Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans paneelbord
- paneelbordpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Arabic لَوْحَةُ التَّعْلِيمَات
- لَوْحَةُ التَّعْلِيمَات (lawḥatu t-taʕlīmāt)upturned screen of wood
Bulgarian армату́рно табло́, дашборд
- армату́рно табло́ (armatúrno tabló)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- дашборд (dašbord)graphical user interface
Catalan davantal
- davantalpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Chinese Mandarin 擋泥板 /挡泥板, 汽車儀表 /汽车仪表
- 擋泥板 /挡泥板 (dǎngníbǎn)upturned screen of wood
- 汽車儀表 /汽车仪表 (qìchē yíbiǎo)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- 儀表盤 /仪表盘 (yíbiǎopán)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- 儀表盤 /仪表盘 (yíbiǎopán)graphical user interface
Czech palubní deska
- palubní deskapanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Danish forskærm, instrumentbræt
- forskærmupturned screen of wood
- instrumentbrætpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Dutch dashboard, instrumentenpaneel
- dashboardpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- instrumentenpaneelpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Esperanto instrumentpanelo
- instrumentpanelopanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Estonian armatuurlaud
- armatuurlaudpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Finnish roiskelauta, kojelauta
- roiskelautaupturned screen of wood
- kojelautapanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- kojelautagraphical user interface
- järjestää kojelaudaksito organize in a dashboard format
French tableau de bord, tableau de bord
- tableau de bordpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- tableau de bordgraphical user interface
German Spritzbrett, Spritzwand
- Spritzbrettupturned screen of wood
- Spritzwandupturned screen of wood
- Armaturenbrettpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- Instrumententafelpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- Dashboardgraphical user interface
Greek ταμπλό αυτοκινήτου
- ταμπλό αυτοκινήτου (tampló aftokinítou)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Hebrew לוח מחוונים
- לוח מחווניםpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Hungarian műszerfal, vezérlőpult
- műszerfalpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- vezérlőpultgraphical user interface
- kezelőpultgraphical user interface
- irányítópultgraphical user interface
Icelandic mælaborð, lesborð
- mælaborðpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- lesborðgraphical user interface
Indonesian dasbor
- dasborpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Irish pludchlár, deais
- pludchlárupturned screen of wood
- deaispanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- deaisgraphical user interface
Italian paraschizzi, parafango
- paraschizziupturned screen of wood
- parafangoupturned screen of wood
- paraspruzziupturned screen of wood
- cruscottopanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- pannellographical user interface
- pannello di controllographical user interface
Japanese ダッシュボード, 計器盤
- ダッシュボード (dasshubōdo)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- 計器盤 (keikiban)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- ダッシュボード (dasshubōdo)graphical user interface
Korean 계기판, 대시보드
- 계기판 (gyegipan)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- 대시보드 (daesibodeu)graphical user interface
Latvian vadības panelis
- vadības panelispanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Lithuanian prietaisų skydelis
- prietaisų skydelispanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Māori papatohu, papa mataine
- papatohupanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- papa matainepanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Norwegian Bokmål dashbord
- dashbordpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Polish deska rozdzielcza
- deska rozdzielczapanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Portuguese painel, painel de bordo
- painelpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- painel de bordopanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- painel de instrumentospanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- tablierpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- painel de controlegraphical user interface
Romanian tablou de bord
- tablou de bordpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Russian брызгови́к, щито́к от гря́зи
- брызгови́к (bryzgovík)upturned screen of wood
- щито́к от гря́зи (ščitók ot grjázi)upturned screen of wood
- прибо́рная пане́ль (pribórnaja panɛ́lʹ)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- торпе́да (torpéda)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- торпе́до (torpédo)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- прибо́рный щито́к (pribórnyj ščitók)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- пане́ль индика́торов (panɛ́lʹ indikátorov)graphical user interface
- дашбо́рд (dašbórd)graphical user interface
- дэшбо́рд (dɛšbórd)graphical user interface
Spanish salpicadero, tablero de instrumentos
- salpicaderoupturned screen of wood
- tablero de instrumentospanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- salpicaderopanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- cuadro de mandodata visualization
Swedish stänkskärm, instrumentbräda
- stänkskärmupturned screen of wood
- instrumentbrädapanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Thai แผงหน้าปัด, แผงควบคุม
- แผงหน้าปัดpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- แผงควบคุมpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- แผงควบคุมgraphical user interface
Turkish kadran, gösterge panosu
- kadranpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- gösterge panosupanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- gösterge tablosupanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- enstrüman panelipanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Ukrainian при́ладова пане́ль, пане́ль інструме́нтів
- при́ладова пане́ль (prýladova panélʹ)panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- пане́ль інструме́нтів (panélʹ instruméntiv)graphical user interface
Vietnamese bảng đồng hồ, bảng điều khiển
- bảng đồng hồpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- bảng điều khiểnpanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
- bảng dữ liệudata visualization
Welsh panel deialau
- panel deialaupanel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
Cite this entry
APA
dashboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dashboard
MLA
“dashboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dashboard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dashboard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dashboard.
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