chatbot

noun

chat·​bot ˈchat-ˌbät 

plural chatbots

: a bot (see bot entry 1 sense 3) that is designed to converse with human beings

Chatbots … have been around for years, mostly to answer generic questions over the phone or on a website.

—Dalvin Brown

The challenge is to create a chatbot that can converse coherently and engagingly with humans on popular topics for 20 minutes.

—Marc Saltzman

Examples of chatbot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If agents or chatbots give incomplete or inconsistent information, trust takes a hit and support cycles lengthen. —Sagi Eliyahu, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

That has become a hot button issue, with both the left and the right side of the political aisle accusing the chatbot of bias. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Think a chatbot not only suggesting a vacation itinerary, but also booking the flight and making the hotel reservation. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025

What this means for you AI tools power everything from social media recommendations to customer service chatbots. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

chat entry 1 + bot entry 1

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

chatbot

noun

chat·​bot

ˈchat-ˌbät

: a bot that is designed to converse with human beings