touch typing

noun

Typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys.

Similar
touch system

Meanings

nountouch typing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableTyping without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountypewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time

Similar
touch system

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 盲打
  • 盲打 (mángdǎ)typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys
Finnish kymmensormijärjestelmä
  • kymmensormijärjestelmätyping without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys
French dactylographie
  • dactylographietyping without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys
Japanese タッチタイピング, ブラインドタッチ
  • タッチタイピング (tatchitaipingu)typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys
  • ブラインドタッチ (buraindotatchi)typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys
Russian слепо́й ме́тод печа́ти, печа́ть вслепу́ю
  • слепо́й ме́тод печа́ти (slepój métod pečáti)typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys
  • печа́ть вслепу́ю (pečátʹ vslepúju)typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys
Cite this entry
APA

touch typing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20typing

MLA

“touch typing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20typing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “touch typing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20typing.

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