Meanings
nouninformatics (uncountable)
- uncountablecomputingA branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of computer science.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
Broader
sciencescientific discipline
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
- Latinfōrma
- Latinfōrmō
- Latinīnfōrmō
- Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
- Middle Englishenformacioun
- Englishinformation
- Englishinformatics
Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَعْلُومَاتِيَّة
- مَعْلُومَاتِيَّة (maʕlūmātiyya)branch of information science
Bulgarian информа́тика
- информа́тика (informátika)branch of information science
Catalan informàtica
- informàticabranch of information science
Chinese Mandarin 信息學 /信息学, 資訊學 /资讯学
- 信息學 /信息学 (xìnxīxué)branch of information science
- 資訊學 /资讯学 (zīxùnxué)branch of information science
- 情報學 /情报学 (qíngbàoxué)branch of information science
Czech informatika
- informatikabranch of information science
Danish informatik
- informatikbranch of information science
Dutch informatica
- informaticabranch of information science
Esperanto informatiko
- informatikobranch of information science
Estonian informaatika
- informaatikabranch of information science
Finnish informatiikka
- informatiikkabranch of information science
French science de l'information, informatique
- science de l'informationbranch of information science
- informatiquebranch of information science
German Informatik
- Informatikbranch of information science
Greek πληροφορική
- πληροφορική (pliroforikí)branch of information science
Hindi सूचना विज्ञान
- सूचना विज्ञान (sūcnā vijñān)branch of information science
Hungarian informatika, információtechnológia
- informatikabranch of information science
- információtechnológiabranch of information science
Indonesian informatika
- informatikabranch of information science
Irish faisnéisíocht
- faisnéisíochtbranch of information science
Italian informatica
- informaticabranch of information science
Japanese 情報学, インフォマティクス
- 情報学 (jōhōgaku)branch of information science
- インフォマティクス (infomatikusu)branch of information science
Korean 정보학, 인포메틱스
- 정보학 (jeongbohak)branch of information science
- 인포메틱스 (inpometikseu)branch of information science
Latvian informātika
- informātikabranch of information science
Lithuanian informatika
- informatikabranch of information science
Norwegian Bokmål informatikk
- informatikkbranch of information science
Polish informatyka
- informatykabranch of information science
Portuguese informática
- informáticabranch of information science
Romanian informatică
- informaticăbranch of information science
Russian информа́тика
- информа́тика (informátika)branch of information science
Slovak informatika
- informatikabranch of information science
Spanish informática
- informáticabranch of information science
Swedish informatik
- informatikbranch of information science
Turkish bilişim, informatik
- bilişimbranch of information science
- informatikbranch of information science
Ukrainian інформа́тика
- інформа́тика (informátyka)branch of information science
Urdu اِطِّلاعِیات
- اِطِّلاعِیات (ittilā'iyāt)branch of information science
Vietnamese tin học
- tin họcbranch of information science
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with informatics
mathematicsaquaticssystematicstelematicskinematicsstaticspneumaticspragmaticsgeomaticsacrobaticsnumismaticsaerobaticscinematicsdogmaticssomaticshydrostaticschromaticsaquabaticsbiostaticsdiplomaticsgeostaticsglossematicsgrammaticsgyrostatics
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
informatics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informatics
MLA
“informatics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informatics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “informatics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informatics.
Source: informatics on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.