Meanings
plural imageboards · alternative image board
- InternetA type of message board that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation and by the freedom to discuss any topic.
An imageboard is a type of posting board centered around the posting of images. A very famous imageboard is 4chan.org.
2014, Jessica L. Beyer, Expect Us: Online Communities and Political Mobilization, Oxford University Press, →ISBN1 more example
The concept for Anonymous began when American-run imageboard 4chan, a website created in 2003 for sharing images with accompanying comments, followed in the footsteps of the Japanese imageboard 2channel by allowing an anti-signup system where comment posters could remain anonymous.
2018, Barney Warf, The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet, SAGE, →ISBNSynonyms: chan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of message board that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation and by the freedom to discuss any topic.
Origin
Translations
Finnish kuvalauta
- kuvalautatype of internet forum
German Imageboard
- Imageboardtype of internet forum
Japanese 画像掲示板
- 画像掲示板 (gazō keijiban)type of internet forum
Korean 화상게시판
- 화상게시판 (hwasanggesipan)type of internet forum
Polish imageboard
- imageboardtype of internet forum
Portuguese imageboard, chan
- imageboardtype of internet forum
- chantype of internet forum
Russian имиджбо́рд, имиджбо́рда
- имиджбо́рд (imidžbórd)type of internet forum
- имиджбо́рда (imidžbórda)type of internet forum
Cite this entry
imageboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imageboard
“imageboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imageboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imageboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imageboard.
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