webinar

web·i·nar
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UK/ˈwɛb.əˌnɑː/Canada, US/ˈwɛb.əˌnɑɹ/Australia, New Zealand/ˈweb.əˌnɐː/Scotland/ˈwɛb.əˌnaɹ/

noun

An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

“I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources.”

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

webinar1

nounwebinar (plural webinars)

plural webinars · alternative Webinar

  1. An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

    I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources.

    5 more examples

    Web conferences or Webinars are a great way to learn about products or subjects of interest.

    2002, Ann Rockley, Managing Enterprise Content, page 274

    Webinars are often painfully short on exposure to the actual product, devoting half of the typical one-hour length to an “expert” disserting on some lofty topic, another fifteen minutes to a fluffy presentation about the company and its strategic direction, and a scant five minutes to a quick demo.

    2003, Francoise Tourniaire, Just Enough CRM, page 168

    It's not that all women aren't interested in learning to download files or take Webinars, it's that their “why bother” factor may well kick in.

    2003, Andrea Learned, quoted in Martha Barletta's Marketing to Women, page 93

    Register today for our informative webinar and executive book offer.

    2006, Selling Power, volume 26, numbers 1–9, page 44

    One other point: An impressive site design can never rescue poorly written copy, sloppy videos, or boring webinar recordings.

    2011, Jon Wuebben, Content is Currency: Developing Powerful Content for Web and Mobile, page 28

Webinar2

nounWebinar (plural Webinars)

plural Webinars

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of webinar.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  3. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  6. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  8. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  10. Old Englishweorold
  11. Middle Englishworld
  12. Englishworld
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  18. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  19. Old Englishwīd
  20. Englishwide
  21. Englishworldwide
  22. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  23. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  24. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  25. Old Englishwebb
  26. Middle Englishweb
  27. Englishweb
  28. EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
  29. EnglishWeb
  30. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*séh₁mn̥
  32. Proto-Italic*sēmn̥
  33. Latinsēmen
  34. Latinsēminārium
  35. GermanSeminar
  36. Englishseminar
  37. Englishwebinar

Blend of Web + seminar.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 網絡研討會 /网络研讨会
  • 網絡研討會 /网络研讨会 (wǎngluò yántǎohuì)interactive seminar conducted via Internet
Czech webinář
  • webinářinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Dutch webinar
  • webinarinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Esperanto retseminario
  • retseminariointeractive seminar conducted via Internet
Finnish verkkoseminaari, webinaari
  • verkkoseminaariinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • webinaariinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
French webinaire
  • webinaireinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
German Webinar
  • Webinarinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Greek ιστοσεμινάριο
  • ιστοσεμινάριο (istoseminário)interactive seminar conducted via Internet
Hebrew וובינר
  • וובינר (wébinar)interactive seminar conducted via Internet
Hungarian webinar, webinárium
  • webinarinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • webináriuminteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Indonesian webinar
  • webinarinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Italian teleseminario, seminario in rete
  • teleseminariointeractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • seminario in reteinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Japanese ウェビナー
  • ウェビナー (webinā)interactive seminar conducted via Internet
Latvian tīmekļseminārs, tīmekļa seminārs
  • tīmekļseminārsinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • tīmekļa seminārsinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • vebinārsinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Polish webinar, webinarium
  • webinarinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • webinariuminteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Portuguese webinário
  • webináriointeractive seminar conducted via Internet
Russian вебина́р, онла́йн-семина́р
  • вебина́р (vebinár)interactive seminar conducted via Internet
  • онла́йн-семина́р (onlájn-seminár)interactive seminar conducted via Internet
Spanish webinar, webinario
  • webinarinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • webinariointeractive seminar conducted via Internet
  • seminario webinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Swedish webbinarium
  • webbinariuminteractive seminar conducted via Internet
Tagalog webinar
  • webinarinteractive seminar conducted via Internet
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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