cyber
Syllables: cy·berUK/ˈsaɪ.bə/US/ˈsaɪ.bəɹ/
cyber adjective: of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.
Adjective
cyber (not comparable)
- Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.
- I pointed out to him we have significant cyber capability and he knows it. He doesn’t know exactly what it is, but it’s significant. And if in fact they violate these basic norms, we will respond cyberly. He knows. In a cyber way.2021, Charles P. Pierce, “Vladimir Putin Is a King Bullshit Artist,” Esquire, June 17 [quoting Joe Biden]
- Cybergoth.
- She is a high priestess of the Church of the SubGenius, a devotee of the music of Tom Waits and Robert Smith, and of goth and cyber subcultures.1998, Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines, Gothic: four hundred years of excess, horror, evil, and ruin
- ...a cross between metal, punk, goth, cyber, and rock.2007, Tiffany Godoy, Ivan Vartanian, Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion, Tokyo
Verb
cyber (third-person singular simple present cybers, present participle cybering, simple past and past participle cybered)
- To engage in cybersex.
- Wanna cyber?
Noun
cyber (uncountable)
- Everything having to do with the Internet considered collectively.
- These prefigure the more complex aspects of virtual and real interactions which the cyber will deliver to us in these early years of the new millennium.2004, Henry Linger, Julie Fisher, W. Gregory Wojtkowski, Constructing the Infrastructure for the Knowledge Economy: Methods and Tools, Theory and Practice
- The pace and extent to which the cyber is transforming our world increases daily.2012, Sean Swan (Ed), On the Cyber
- Everything having to do with digital threats considered collectively: cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare, cyberweapons, and so on.
- Is there an escalatory ladder in cyber, the same as with weapons of mass destruction? Fleming doesn't like the comparison with nuclear deterrence but says that Russia is indeed conscious of escalation risk.2023 May 28, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Fleming”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
- When Jamie Dimon is asked about the greatest risk he sees to the global economy, his answer for years has been “geopolitics.” It’s been with good reason […] the drama on the world stage seems to be reaching a crescendo. But even these facts have been equaled by a new threat the JPMorgan CEO sees on...2026 April 30, Eleanor Pringle, “For years, the risk Jamie Dimon was most concerned about was geopolitics. His answer has shifted”, in Fortune
cyber meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cyber in Hindi
- साइबर
cyber in Tamil
- இணைமம், மின்மம், மின்வெளி, இணையம் தொடர்பான
cyber in Marathi
- सायबर, सायबरला
cyber in Urdu
- سائبر
More languagesFewer languages
- cyber in Bengali
- সাইবার
- cyber in Telugu
- సైబర్
- cyber in Malayalam
- സൈബർ
- cyber in Kannada
- ಸೈಬರ್
- cyber in Punjabi
- ਸਾਈਬਰ
- cyber in Gujarati
- સાયબર, સાઈબર, સાઇબર
- cyber in Odia
- ସାଇବର
- cyber in Nepali
- साइबर, साइबराइजेसन, साइबरलाई
Examples of cyber in a sentence
- No CyberGoth is complete without gigantic "stompy" platform boots and the optional toy ray gun.2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture:
- He explained: “The bad guys can use cyber, and they’re going to get stronger and more powerful in terms of finding vulnerabilities.2026 April 30, Eleanor Pringle, “For years, the risk Jamie Dimon was most concerned about was geopolitics. His answer has shifted”, in...
Forms of cyber
| third-person singular present | cybers |
|---|---|
| present participle | cybering |
| past participle | cybered |
| past | cybered |
Origin of cyber
Originally from cybernetics, before becoming a stand-alone word.
Words formed from cyber
Phrases with cyber
Words that rhyme with cyber
Questions about cyber
- What does cyber mean?
- Cyber means of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.
- What is cyber in Hindi?
- Cyber in Hindi is साइबर. See Cyber meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cyber in a sentence?
- No CyberGoth is complete without gigantic "stompy" platform boots and the optional toy ray gun.
- What part of speech is cyber?
- Cyber can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cyber?
- Cyber is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.bə/ (UK).
Words near cyber in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cyber (page history and authors); cyber (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cyber (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyber (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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