Word.ws English Dictionary

keyboard warrior

keyboard warrior noun: a person who behaves aggressively or in an inflammatory manner in online textbased discussion media, but does not behave similarly in real life, potentially due to cowardice, introversion or shyness.

Noun

keyboard warrior (plural keyboard warriors)

  1. (Internet, derogatory) A person who behaves aggressively or in an inflammatory manner in online textbased discussion media, but does not behave similarly in real life, potentially due to cowardice, introversion or shyness.
    • Near-synonyms: keyboard cowboy, chronically online, terminally online
    • According to these keyboard warriors, the young men and women who survived the shooting are part of a big hoax, are liars, are mere cardboard cutouts – “crisis actors” who roam the country looking for mass shootings from which to promote their anti-gun message – all being pushed forward by the...2018 February 21, Jeff Pearlman, “Parkland students, ignore the idiots”, in CNN

keyboard warrior meaning in Malay and Vietnamese

keyboard warrior in Malay

person who behaves aggressively in online discussions
jaguh siber

keyboard warrior in Vietnamese

person who behaves aggressively in online discussions
anh hùng bàn phím

Synonyms of keyboard warrior

Forms of keyboard warrior

pluralkeyboard warriors

Questions about keyboard warrior

What does keyboard warrior mean?
Keyboard warrior means a person who behaves aggressively or in an inflammatory manner in online textbased discussion media, but does not behave similarly in real life, potentially due to cowardice, introversion or shyness.
What is keyboard warrior in Malay?
Keyboard warrior in Malay is jaguh siber. See Keyboard warrior meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is keyboard warrior?
Keyboard warrior is a noun.
What is the plural of keyboard warrior?
The plural of keyboard warrior is keyboard warriors.

Words near keyboard warrior in the dictionary

  1. keyboard layouts
  2. keyboard shortcut
  3. keyboard shortcuts
  4. keyboard smash
  5. keyboard smashes
  6. keyboard warrior
  7. keyboard warriors
  8. keyboardable
  9. keyboarded
  10. keyboarder
  11. keyboarders

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keyboard warrior (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:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-keyboard warrior.wav.

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