word processor

noun

: a device or program used to perform word processing

Examples of word processor in a Sentence

At work she sits in front of her word processor all day.

She closed down her word processor and opened her e-mail program.

Recent Examples on the Web

Computer tools have been assisting with creating résumés for decades, and everything from the typewriter to word processors to spellcheck and résumé templates have increased the ease of making a competent résumé. —ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025

Word Processors & Typists Once essential in every office, word processors and typists are projected to decline by 15.2% between 2023 and 2033, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). —Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

In this way, word processors allowed composition and revision—hitherto two different modes of writing—to become a single process. —Sheon Han, WIRED, 9 May 2023

Others make a point of composing class papers using only word processors that track their keystrokes closely enough to produce a detailed edit history. —Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 17 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for word processor

• intercessor
• predecessor
• preprocessor
• vasopressor
• aggressor
• assessor
• compressor
• confessor
• depressor
• hairdresser
• necessar
• oppressor

Kids Definition

word processor

noun

: a keyboard-operated terminal usually with a video display and a magnetic storage device for use in word processing

also : software (as for a computer system) to perform word processing