intranet

noun

in·​tra·​net ˈin-trə-ˌnet 

: a network operating like the Internet but having access restricted to a limited group of authorized users (such as employees of a company)

Examples of intranet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These are the workers who build computer networks: local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs) and intranets, according to the Labor Department. —Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026

Over more than 15 years, the regime has developed technological and systemic mechanisms to fundamentally control connectivity in the country—including an internal Iranian intranet known as the National Information Network (NIN). —Lily Hay Newman Matt Burgess, Wired News, 9 Feb. 2026

Microsoft Teams, Slack, or employee internal web chat via the intranet. —Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

Vigna says the slots, put up on Ferrari’s intranet, are filled in seconds, so snagging one is a coup. —Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for intranet

• gannet
• granite
• planet
• pomegranate