Meanings
present singular third person vibecodes · participle present vibecoding · participle past vibecoded · past vibecoded · alternative vibe code · alternative vibe-code
- intransitivetransitivecomputingTo program by repeatedly prompting a large language model rather than understanding how the code functions.
You don’t have to know how to code to vibecode — just having an idea, and a little patience, is usually enough.
2025 February 27, “Not a Coder? With A.I., Just Having an Idea Can Be Enough.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2025Synonyms: vibe
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo program by repeatedly prompting a large language model rather than understanding how the code functions.
Origin
Back-formation from vibe coding.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German vibecoden
- vibecodento program by repeatedly prompting a large language model
Vietnamese lập trình theo cảm hứng
- lập trình theo cảm hứngto program by repeatedly prompting a large language model
Cite this entry
vibecode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibecode
“vibecode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibecode. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vibecode,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibecode.
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