dot-com

1. 1.

   a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com'

   Synonymsdot comdot com company

   Broadercompany

1. 1.

   of or relating to an internet company

   “a dot-com outfit in San Francisco”

Questions about dot-com

What does dot-com mean?

dot-com means "a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com'". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dot-com?

dot-com has 2 syllables: dot--com. The stress falls on "dot-".

What is another word for dot-com?

Close synonyms include dot com, dot com company. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dot-com a common word?

dot-com is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.