what you see is what you get
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
what you see is what you get
Where it comes from
Originally a humorous allusion to a catchphrase popularized by the comedian Flip Wilson on American TV in the 1960s.
phrase what-you-see-is-what-you-get
-
The image corresponds to the reality.
What you see is what you get. No one's been disappointed yet.
Similar: WYSIWYG
- The screen image resembles the printed output. For:Word, like Wang's editing system, is an early approach to a what-you-see-is-what-you-get word processor.
Translations
Every language
phrase (idiomatic, computing) the screen image resembles the printed output
| Español | lo que ves es lo que obtienes |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 見たままが得られる mita mama ga erareru |
| 中文 | 所見即所得 /所见即所得 suǒjiàn jí suǒdé |
| Français | ce que tu vois est ce que tu obtiens |
| Deutsch | was du siehst, ist was du bekommst |
| Ελληνικά | ό,τι βλέπεις, παίρνεις ó,ti vlépeis, paírneis |
| Русский | что ви́дишь, то и полу́чишь što vídišʹ, to i polúčišʹ |
Talk about this word "what you see is what you get." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/what%20you%20see%20is%20what%20you%20get. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. what you see is what you get. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/what%20you%20see%20is%20what%20you%20get "what you see is what you get." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/what%20you%20see%20is%20what%20you%20get.Cite this
@misc{what_you_see_is_what_you_get_2026,
title = {what you see is what you get},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/what%20you%20see%20is%20what%20you%20get},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
