monospace

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adjective

Of a typeface, having characters with uniform width.

Opposite
proportional
OriginEnglish space ← Middle English space ← Anglo-Norman space →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivemonospace (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a typeface, having characters with uniform width.
verbmonospace (third-person singular simple present monospaces, present participle monospacing, simple past and past participle monospaced)

present singular third person monospaces · participle present monospacing · participle past monospaced · past monospaced

  1. To type, typeset, or design text using a typeface that has the same width for each character.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
proportional

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Latinspatium
  7. Old Frenchespace
  8. Anglo-Normanspace
  9. Middle Englishspace
  10. Englishspace
  11. Englishmonospace

From mono- + space.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

moonscapemanoscope
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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