hardcover

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UK/ˈhɑːdˌkʌvə/Canada, US/ˈhɑɹdˌkʌvɚ/Australia, New Zealand/ˈhɐːdˌkɐvə/

noun

A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.

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caseboundhardbackhardbackedhardboundbacked
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Meanings

nounhardcover (plural hardcovers)

plural hardcovers

  1. A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.
adjectivehardcover (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a rigid binding.

    Synonyms: casebound, hardback

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving a rigid binding.

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caseboundhardback

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving a hard back or cover

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hardbackedhardbackhardboundbacked

nouna book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers

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hardback
Broader
bookvolume
Also see
hardbackhardbackedhardbound

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hard + cover.

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Translations

Afrikaans hardeband
  • hardebanda book with a rigid binding
Bulgarian книга с твърди корици, книга с дебели корици
  • книга с твърди корици (kniga s tvărdi korici)a book with a rigid binding
  • книга с дебели корици (kniga s debeli korici)a book with a rigid binding
  • с твърди корици (s tvărdi korici)of a book: having a rigid binding
  • с дебели корици (s debeli korici)of a book: having a rigid binding
Chinese Mandarin 精裝 /精装, 硬皮
  • 精裝 /精装 (jīngzhuāng)of a book: having a rigid binding
  • 硬皮 (yìngpí)of a book: having a rigid binding
Esperanto rigidkovrila
  • rigidkovrilaof a book: having a rigid binding
Finnish kovakantinen
  • kovakantinenof a book: having a rigid binding
French livre relié, relié
  • livre reliéa book with a rigid binding
  • reliéof a book: having a rigid binding
German gebundenes Buch, gebundene Ausgabe
  • gebundenes Bucha book with a rigid binding
  • gebundene Ausgabea book with a rigid binding
  • gebundenof a book: having a rigid binding
Greek σκληρόδετο βιβλίο, σκληρόδετος
  • σκληρόδετο βιβλίο (skliródeto vivlío)a book with a rigid binding
  • σκληρόδετος (skliródetos)of a book: having a rigid binding
Hungarian kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblás könyv, kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblás
  • kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblás könyva book with a rigid binding
  • kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblásof a book: having a rigid binding
Italian copertina rigida, libro con copertina rigida
  • copertina rigidaa book with a rigid binding
  • libro con copertina rigidaa book with a rigid binding
Portuguese capa dura
  • capa duraa book with a rigid binding
Romanian cartonat
  • cartonatof a book: having a rigid binding
Scottish Gaelic còmhdach cruaidh
  • còmhdach cruaidha book with a rigid binding
Spanish tapa dura, cartoné
  • tapa duraa book with a rigid binding
  • cartonéa book with a rigid binding

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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