Meanings
verbhyperlink (third-person singular simple present hyperlinks, present participle hyperlinking, simple past and past participle hyperlinked)
present singular third person hyperlinks · participle present hyperlinking · participle past hyperlinked · past hyperlinked
- To point to another document by a hyperlink.
Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.
2001, Barbara Notarius, Gail Sforza Brewer, Open Your Own Bead & Breakfast, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, page 165 - To add a hyperlink to a document.
One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.
2004 April 15, Gregory M. Lamb, “Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes”, in Christian Science Monitor - To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.
1 more example
Indeed, what consumers will see on a Web site is likely to vary depending on the point or Web page at which they access the Web site, how many pages they “hyperlink” through when reviewing the site, and how much of the page containing the disclosure is displayed by consumers' Web browsers without requiring additional scrolling.
1999, John Graubert, Jill Coleman, “Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement at the Speed of Light: The FTC Meets the Internet”, in Canada–United States Law Journal, volume 25, page 275
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSome text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
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Origin
From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِرْتِبَاط تَشَعُّبِيّ, رَابِط
- اِرْتِبَاط تَشَعُّبِيّ (irtibāṭ tašaʕʕubiyy)link from one electronic document to another
- رَابِط (rābiṭ)link from one electronic document to another
- وَصْلَة (waṣla)link from one electronic document to another
Bengali হাইপারলিংক
- হাইপারলিংক (haiparliṅk)link from one electronic document to another
Bulgarian хи́первръ́зка, хи́перлинк
- хи́первръ́зка (hípervrắzka)link from one electronic document to another
- хи́перлинк (híperlink)link from one electronic document to another
- линк (link)link from one electronic document to another
- връ́зка (vrắzka)link from one electronic document to another
Chinese Cantonese 超連結 /超连结
- 超連結 /超连结 (ciu¹ lin⁴ git³)link from one electronic document to another
Chinese Mandarin 超鏈接 /超链接, 超連結 /超连结
- 超鏈接 /超链接 (chāoliànjiē)link from one electronic document to another
- 超連結 /超连结 (chāoliánjié)link from one electronic document to another
Czech hyperlink, odkaz
- hyperlinklink from one electronic document to another
- odkazlink from one electronic document to another
- linklink from one electronic document to another
Danish hyperlink, link
- hyperlinklink from one electronic document to another
- linklink from one electronic document to another
Dutch hyperlink
- hyperlinklink from one electronic document to another
Esperanto ligilo
- ligilolink from one electronic document to another
Estonian hüperlink
- hüperlinklink from one electronic document to another
Finnish hyperlinkki, hyperlinkki
- hyperlinkkilink from one electronic document to another
- hyperlinkkiarea on a Web page
French hyperlien, lien
- hyperlienlink from one electronic document to another
- lienlink from one electronic document to another
- lienarea on a Web page
- lien hypertextearea on a Web page
- hyperlienarea on a Web page
German Hyperlink, Hypertextlink
- Hyperlinklink from one electronic document to another
- Hypertextlinklink from one electronic document to another
- Querverweislink from one electronic document to another
- Weblinklink from one electronic document to another
- Hyperlinkarea on a Web page
- Hypertextlinkarea on a Web page
- Querverweisarea on a Web page
Greek υπερσύνδεσμος, υπερζεύξη
- υπερσύνδεσμος (ypersýndesmos)link from one electronic document to another
- υπερζεύξη (yperzéfxi)link from one electronic document to another
- υπερσύνδεσμος (ypersýndesmos)area on a Web page
- υπερζεύξη (yperzéfxi)area on a Web page
- υπερσυνδέω (ypersyndéo)to point to another document by a hyperlink
- υπερσυνδέω (ypersyndéo)to add a hyperlink to a document
- υπερσυνδέομαι (ypersyndéomai)to use a hyperlink to jump to a document
Hebrew קישור \ קִשּׁוּר
- קישור \ קִשּׁוּר (ki'shur)link from one electronic document to another
Hindi हाइपरलिंक, लिंक
- हाइपरलिंक (hāiparliṅk)link from one electronic document to another
- लिंक (liṅk)link from one electronic document to another
Hungarian hiperhivatkozás
- hiperhivatkozáslink from one electronic document to another
Icelandic tengill
- tengilllink from one electronic document to another
Indonesian pranala, hipertaut
- pranalalink from one electronic document to another
- hipertautlink from one electronic document to another
- tautanlink from one electronic document to another
Irish hipearnasc, hipearnasc
- hipearnasclink from one electronic document to another
- hipearnascarea on a Web page
- hipearnascto point to another document by a hyperlink
- hipearnascto add a hyperlink to a document
- hipearnascto use a hyperlink to jump to a document
Italian collegamento ipertestuale, collegamento
- collegamento ipertestualelink from one electronic document to another
- collegamentolink from one electronic document to another
- linklink from one electronic document to another
- collegamento ipertestualearea on a Web page
Japanese 超連結子, ハイパーリンク
- 超連結子 (chōrenketsushi)link from one electronic document to another
- ハイパーリンク (haipārinku)link from one electronic document to another
- リンク (rinku)link from one electronic document to another
- ハイパーリンク (haipārinku)to add a hyperlink to a document
Korean 하이퍼링크, 링크
- 하이퍼링크 (haipeoringkeu)link from one electronic document to another
- 링크 (ringkeu)link from one electronic document to another
- 하이퍼링크 (haipeoringkeu)area on a Web page
Latvian hipersaite
- hipersaitelink from one electronic document to another
Lithuanian hipersaitas
- hipersaitaslink from one electronic document to another
Malay hiperpautan, pautan
- hiperpautanlink from one electronic document to another
- pautanlink from one electronic document to another
Māori honongaitua
- honongaitualink from one electronic document to another
Norwegian Bokmål hyperlenke, lenke
- hyperlenkelink from one electronic document to another
- lenkelink from one electronic document to another
Polish link, łącze
- linklink from one electronic document to another
- łączelink from one electronic document to another
- hiperłączelink from one electronic document to another
- odnośniklink from one electronic document to another
- linkowaćto point to another document by a hyperlink
Portuguese hiperlink, hiperligação
- hiperlinklink from one electronic document to another
- hiperligaçãolink from one electronic document to another
- hiperligaçãoarea on a Web page
- hiperlinkarea on a Web page
Romanian hiperlink
- hiperlinklink from one electronic document to another
Russian гиперссы́лка, гиперли́нк
- гиперссы́лка (giperssýlka)link from one electronic document to another
- гиперли́нк (giperlínk)link from one electronic document to another
- линк (link)link from one electronic document to another
- ссы́лка (ssýlka)link from one electronic document to another
Slovak hyperlink, odkaz
- hyperlinklink from one electronic document to another
- odkazlink from one electronic document to another
- linklink from one electronic document to another
Spanish hiperenlace, hipervínculo
- hiperenlacelink from one electronic document to another
- hipervínculolink from one electronic document to another
- hiperenlazarto point to another document by a hyperlink
- hipervincularto add a hyperlink to a document
Swedish hyperlänk, länk
- hyperlänklink from one electronic document to another
- länklink from one electronic document to another
- hyperlänkarea on a Web page
- länkato point to another document by a hyperlink
- länkato add a hyperlink to a document
Tagalog kawingan
- kawinganlink from one electronic document to another
Thai ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์, ลิงก์
- ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (hai-bpəə-líng)link from one electronic document to another
- ลิงก์ (líng)link from one electronic document to another
- ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (hai-bpəə-líng)area on a Web page
- ลิงก์ (líng)area on a Web page
Turkish hiper bağ, üst bağ
- hiper bağlink from one electronic document to another
- üst bağlink from one electronic document to another
- hyperlinklink from one electronic document to another
- bağlantılink from one electronic document to another
- ilişimlink from one electronic document to another
- hiper bağarea on a Web page
- üst bağarea on a Web page
Ukrainian гіперпосила́ння, гіперлі́нк
- гіперпосила́ння (hiperposylánnja)link from one electronic document to another
- гіперлі́нк (hiperlínk)link from one electronic document to another
- лінк (link)link from one electronic document to another
- посила́ння (posylánnja)link from one electronic document to another
Urdu ہائِپَرْلِنْک, ہائِپَر لِنْک
- ہائِپَرْلِنْک (hāiparliṅk)link from one electronic document to another
- ہائِپَر لِنْک (hāipar liṅk)link from one electronic document to another
- لِنْک (liṅk)link from one electronic document to another
Vietnamese siêu liên kết, siêu đường dẫn
- siêu liên kếtlink from one electronic document to another
- siêu đường dẫnlink from one electronic document to another
- liên kếtlink from one electronic document to another
- đường dẫnlink from one electronic document to another
- liên kếtto point to another document by a hyperlink
- đặt siêu liên kếtto add a hyperlink to a document
- mở siêu liên kếtto use a hyperlink to jump to a document
- truy cập siêu liên kếtto use a hyperlink to jump to a document
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hyperlink
linkthinkdrinkinksinksynczincblinkwinkbrinkfinkrinkrethinkstinkkinkcinquespinkslinkclinkbinkskinkplinkswinkhink
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hyperlink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperlink
MLA
“hyperlink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperlink. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperlink,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperlink.
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