Metadata

8 lettersnouncommon

Updated August 2026

Definition

Information that describes other information, such as the author, date and format recorded alongside a file.

“The photograph's metadata gave the time and place it was taken.”

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Synonyms

descriptive data

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Words Related to Metadata

Words you can make from Metadata

Shorter words formed from the letters in “metadata”.

matted aetat amate atame detat mated matta matte metad taata tamed adam adat adet amdt ated atma atta atte dama dame data date edam

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