Word.ws English Dictionary

cyberharassment

cyberharassment noun: harassment that takes place online, in cyberspace.

Noun

cyberharassment (uncountable)

  1. Harassment that takes place online, in cyberspace.
    • […] as the Baker case shows, saying that no physical attacks actually occur and that the cyberrape or cyberharassment is just "words" would not ease the feeling of violation.1997, Ching-Yi Liu, The Regulation of Cyberspace
    • Similar to the stalking behaviors of an unknown assailant, this type of cyberharassment can cause undue anxiety and hypervigilance in the victim.2002, Leigh Baker, Protecting Your Children from Sexual Predators
    Synonyms:
    cyberbullying

Synonyms of cyberharassment

Origin of cyberharassment

From cyber- + harassment.

Questions about cyberharassment

What does cyberharassment mean?
Cyberharassment means harassment that takes place online, in cyberspace.
What part of speech is cyberharassment?
Cyberharassment is a noun.

Words near cyberharassment in the dictionary

  1. cyberharassed
  2. cyberharasser
  3. cyberharassers
  4. cyberharasses
  5. cyberharassing
  6. cyberharassment
  7. cyberhate
  8. cyberhealth
  9. cyberheaven
  10. cyberheist
  11. cyberheists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cyberharassment (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cyberharassment.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cyberharassment. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.