technophile

American  

[tek-nuh-fahyl] / ˈtɛk nəˌfaɪl /

noun

1. a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.

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technophile British  

/ ˈtɛknəʊˌfaɪl /

noun

1. a person who is enthusiastic about technology

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adjective

1. enthusiastic about technology

Other Word Forms

• technophilia noun

Etymology

Origin of technophile

First recorded in 1955–60; techno- + -phile

Explanation

If you’re someone who is always excited about new advancements and innovations in software, eager to get your hands on the latest gadgets and electronics, then you can describe yourself as a technophile. A technophile is a person who has a strong enthusiasm for technology. Technophiles are the ones who line up for the latest smartphone releases, explore cutting-edge apps, and love discussing the newest technological trends and developments. Their passion for innovation can cover a wide range of interests, from computers and video games to artificial intelligence and robotics. Being a technophile means staying curious and excited about how advancements can improve our lives and shape the future.

Example Sentences

A soft-spoken technophile with a doctorate in robotics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Anderson has a collection of patents and papers on autonomous technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Dyson, who died in 2020 at 96, was a technophile with interstellar dreams.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Artist J. M. W. Turner was a technophile, famously capturing the Industrial Revolution in paint.

From Nature • Dec. 19, 2019

The former is a renegade club maker with some outrageous ideas, the latter is a technophile instructor with some complicated notions about the swing.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 1, 2018

He is one of the brightest and most perceptive of Volpe’s students, a technophile who spends a lot of time taking apart and putting back together gadgets of all kinds—computers, sound equipment, phones, cameras.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove