auto-suggest
nounUK /ˌɔːtəʊ səˈdʒest/
US /ˌɔːtoʊ səˈdʒest/
A feature that guesses what you are typing and offers words to finish it.
As I typed 'birth', the auto-suggest showed 'birthday' and 'birthplace'.
RELATED WORDS
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A list of possible matches that appears while you type in a search box.
The search box's auto-suggest helped her find the movie title quickly.
3. A tool that proposes the rest of a word or phrase as you write.
His email app's auto-suggest filled in the whole address after two letters.
4. The act of a computer offering likely choices before you finish typing.
Auto-suggest on the phone made texting much faster.