groupware

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noun

software designed to be used collaboratively by multiple users on a network

Similar
collaborative software
OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

noungroupware (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingsoftware designed to be used collaboratively by multiple users on a network

    Synonyms: collaborative software

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsoftware designed to be used collaboratively by multiple users on a network

Similar
collaborative software
Also see
collaborative software

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kruppaz
  3. Frankish*krupp
  4. Vulgar Latin*cruppus
  5. Italiangruppo
  6. Frenchgroupe
  7. Italiangruppo
  8. Englishgroup
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  10. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  12. Old Englishsōfte
  13. Middle Englishsofte
  14. Englishsoft
  15. Proto-Germanic*warō
  16. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  17. Old Englishwaru
  18. Middle Englishware
  19. Englishsoftwarebf.
  20. Englishgroupware

From group + -ware.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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