UI

7 synonyms for UI, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — The part of a piece of software that a person actually sees and operates — the screens, buttons, menus, forms and text through which they give instructions and read results.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

interface

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

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Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun technical

The part of a piece of software that a person actually sees and operates — the screens, buttons, menus, forms and text through which they give instructions and read results.

“The new UI puts the search box at the top of every page.”

user interface interface front end screen design

2. noun technical

The craft of designing those screens and controls, including layout, spacing, colour and typography.

“She does UI for a games studio and spends most of her time on menus and icons.”

interface design UI design visual design

How to use UI

The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.

UI design clean UI UI element UI kit UI/UX

Everyday in software work; write user interface in full for a general readership.

Etymology

An initialism of user interface.

Full origin of UI →

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between UI and UX?

UI is the visible surface: what is on the screen and how it is arranged. UX is the whole experience of using the thing, including whether it actually helped. UI is one of the ingredients that produces the UX.

Why do job adverts say UI/UX?

Many smaller teams expect one person to both research how people use the product and design the screens, so the two labels are combined. In larger organisations they are often separate roles.

Is UI the same as the front end?

They overlap but are not identical. UI describes the design of what the user sees; front end describes the code that builds and runs it in the browser.

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