nagware

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noun

Software that displays a message requesting that the user register it.

Similar
begware
OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nounnagware (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountablecomputingSoftware that displays a message requesting that the user register it.

    Synonyms: begware

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSoftware that displays a message requesting that the user register it.

Similar
begware
Also see
begware

Origin

  1. Middle Englishnagge
  2. Englishnag
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  4. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  6. Old Englishsōfte
  7. Middle Englishsofte
  8. Englishsoft
  9. Proto-Germanic*warō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  11. Old Englishwaru
  12. Middle Englishware
  13. Englishsoftwarebf.
  14. Englishnagware

From nag + -ware.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Ganarew
Cite this entry
APA

nagware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nagware

MLA

“nagware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nagware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nagware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nagware.

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