dialog box

noun

A window that prompts the user to enter information.

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Meanings

noundialog box (plural dialog boxes)

plural dialog boxes · alternative UK dialogue box

  1. computingA window that prompts the user to enter information.

    Synonyms: dialog, dialog window, message box

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA window that prompts the user to enter information.

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dialogdialog windowmessage box

More synonyms by meaning

noun(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’

Similar
panel
Broader
window
Also see
panel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Compound of dialog + box.

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Translations

Arabic مُرَبَّع حِوَار, صُنْدُوق حِوَار
  • مُرَبَّع حِوَار (murabbaʕ ḥiwār)window that prompts the user to enter information
  • صُنْدُوق حِوَار (ṣundūq ḥiwār)window that prompts the user to enter information
Chinese Mandarin 對話框 /对话框, 對話方塊 /对话方块
  • 對話框 /对话框 (duìhuàkuàng, duìhuàkuāng)window that prompts the user to enter information
  • 對話方塊 /对话方块 (duìhuà fāngkuài)window that prompts the user to enter information
Finnish valintaikkuna
  • valintaikkunawindow that prompts the user to enter information
French boîte de dialogue
  • boîte de dialoguewindow that prompts the user to enter information
German Dialogfenster, Dialog
  • Dialogfensterwindow that prompts the user to enter information
  • Dialogwindow that prompts the user to enter information
  • Dialogfeldwindow that prompts the user to enter information
Hungarian párbeszédablak, párbeszéddoboz
  • párbeszédablakwindow that prompts the user to enter information
  • párbeszéddobozwindow that prompts the user to enter information
  • párbeszédpanelwindow that prompts the user to enter information
  • párbeszédmezőwindow that prompts the user to enter information
Icelandic valmynd
  • valmyndwindow that prompts the user to enter information
Japanese ダイアログボックス
  • ダイアログボックス (daiarogu bokkusu)window that prompts the user to enter information
Korean 대화 상자
  • 대화 상자 (daehwa sangja)window that prompts the user to enter information
Portuguese caixa de diálogo
  • caixa de diálogowindow that prompts the user to enter information
Romanian casetă de dialog
  • casetă de dialogwindow that prompts the user to enter information
Spanish cuadro de diálogo
  • cuadro de diálogowindow that prompts the user to enter information
Swedish dialogruta
  • dialogrutawindow that prompts the user to enter information
Vietnamese hộp thoại
  • hộp thoạiwindow that prompts the user to enter information
Welsh blwch deialog
  • blwch deialogwindow that prompts the user to enter information
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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