Meaning

Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.
2. (informal) Cybergoth.
3. (slang, dated) To engage in cybersex.
4. (singular only) Everything having to do with the Internet considered collectively.
5. Cybersecurity.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

...a cross between metal, punk, goth, cyber, and rock.

No CyberGoth is complete without gigantic "stompy" platform boots and the optional toy ray gun. Some are even more anachronistic in that they incorporate old Renaissance and Victorian styles into their much-loved cyber wear.

Wanna cyber?

2012, Sean Swan (Ed), On the Cyber The pace and extent to which the cyber is transforming our world increases daily.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• cybers
• cybering
• cybered

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When Should You Use Cyber?

Use cyber when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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