hacker

hack·er

noun \ˈha-kər\

Definition of HACKER

1

: one that hacks

2

: a person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity <a tennis hacker>

3

: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer

4

: a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system

Examples of HACKER

1. My friends and I have been playing golf for years, but we're still just a bunch of hackers.
2. <the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall>

First Known Use of HACKER

14th century

Related to HACKER

Synonyms: cracker, cyberpunk

Antonyms: ace, adept, crackerjack (also crackajack), craftsman, expert, hand, master, past master, shark, sharp

Related Words: computerist; gearhead, geek, propeller-head, techie, technocrat, technophile; phisher

Near Antonyms: computerphobe, technophobe

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Other Computer-Related Terms

adware, flash, kludge, phishing, recursive, router

Rhymes with HACKER

backer, clacker, cracker, jacker, knacker, lacquer, packer, racker, sacker, slacker, smacker, stacker, tacker, tracker, whacker