Meanings
alternative digirati · alternative digiterati
- colloquialpluralplural onlyPeople who are considered the elite in using computers and the Internet.
The digerati Wired reader is a demographic dream: a 34-year-old man in upper management with a household income of more than $80,000 and a job that includes recommending or actually buying expensive digital equipment.
1995 May 21, Paul Keegan, “The Digerati!”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: technorati
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPeople who are considered the elite in using computers and the Internet.
Origin
Blend of digital + literati, modeled after glitterati.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
digerati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digerati
“digerati.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digerati. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digerati,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digerati.
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