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key word

key word is the alternative form of keyword.

Meaning of keyword

Noun

keyword (plural keywords)

  1. Any word used as the key to a code.
    Synonyms:
    password, passcode
  2. Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
  3. Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or listed in the metadata for searches to find.
  4. A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
    • Each function has an entry address which must be quoted after the USR keyword.1982, Popular Computing, volume 1, numbers 9-12, page 113
  5. Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.

See all 6 meanings of keyword

Forms of key word

pluralkey words

Questions about key word

What is key word the alternative form of?
Key word is the alternative form of keyword.

Words near key word in the dictionary

  1. key to the midway
  2. key up
  3. key visual
  4. key visuals
  5. Key West
  6. key word
  7. key words
  8. key worker
  9. key workers
  10. key wrench
  11. key wrenches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: key word (page history and authors); keyword (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.

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