imageboard
noun
imageboard is a noun meaning “A type of message board that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-M-A-G-E-B-O-A-R-D, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of imageboard is imageboards.
What does imageboard mean?
noun
- 1
A type of message board that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation and by the freedom to discuss any topic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of imageboard
- imageboards plural
- image board
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is imageboard?
Imageboard appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Imageboard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of internet forum:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Imageboard |
| Portuguese | imageboard, chan |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does imageboard come from?
Compound of image + board.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).