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keywords

keywords is the plural of keyword.

keywords is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about keywords

What is keywords the plural of?
Keywords is the plural of keyword.

Words near keywords in the dictionary

  1. keyword stuffing
  2. keyword-driven testing
  3. keyworded
  4. keywording
  5. keywordless
  6. keywords
  7. keywork
  8. keyworker
  9. keyworkers
  10. Keyworth
  11. Keyworths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keywords (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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