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

Rather than be another generative-AI chatbot like ChatGPT, Tinker is designed to help researchers and developers fine-tune AI models without the need to manage massive computing infrastructure. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025

That said, outside of the smart home, Gemini started as an AI chatbot roughly a year before the launch of Alexa+. —PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025

Guest communication and chatbots are the top use of AI, followed by marketing and advertising and social media management. —Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

Users do not need to assemble chatbots, booking calendars, and design tools. —Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 2 Oct. 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