checkbox

noun

check·​box ˈchek-ˌbäks 

variants or check box

plural checkboxes or check boxes

: a small box (as in a checklist) in which to place a check mark (see check entry 2 sense 7) to make a selection, indicate completion of a task, etc.

Examples of checkbox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s the difference between a checkbox approach and a coaching culture, between a nice-to-have and a must-have. —Nia Bowers, USA Today, 18 June 2025

Key Reflections: • Can your company’s encryption survive future quantum breakthroughs or just today’s checkbox audits? —Denis Mandich, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

To solve this crisis, the tech industry must stop viewing wellness as an HR checkbox and start treating it as part of our infrastructure. —Vivek Singh, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

Whether that description is an indication of Tesla’s actual technology or simply a way for the company to tick off a regulatory checkbox is not clear. —Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 26 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for checkbox

• botox
• comox
• cornstalks
• cowpox
• crosswalks
• deadlocks
• detox
• feedstocks
• firebox
• gearbox
• hemlocks
• icebox