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Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. This is the best Android app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.
And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds. Hundreds of words to test your skills.
Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.
Features:
* No ads
* Full Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices, examples, and explanations
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day.
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Quick Definitions: perfect for on-the-go lookups
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: Keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Premium Content: over 1000 graphical illustrations, and over 20,000 additional entries covering people, places, and foreign terms
* For Tablets: Scrolling Index: browse the entire dictionary
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4.5
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Antonello L.
Our mini-review of English dict apps.. We just checked out tons of dictionaries for my wife that has to teach English. At the end the best is the (real) Oxford Advanced Learning one, but it costs 28€.. This comes a close second best, but at 3€. Only problem, it is AE, and not BE at all. At the end she kept the Oxford and I kept this one.. For a free solution (although much more messy) check out TheFreeDictionary.
JADON SCHAUB
Great app! Don't let idiots fool you This app is absolutely incredible and used to be 24$ and is now 3$. Voice recognition should work unless you are incognizant or have a dirty phone or other obvious reasons.. Beautiful new layout! Honestly, there is not a single complaint I have for this app. VALUE for the price. Very clean and functional.
Aaron Mbogho
Value for money is evident I have been using the App for four years now. It's value has recently increased by adding "word games" like "name a thing" and "difficult words" which keeps my grade six daughter at her fiercest edge in English, her parents third language. Great App.
John Anthony Bautista
Not enough storage space error I love this app, but recently I'm encountering a "not enough storage space" error, when in fact I still have a lot (32GB internal, 128GB sd card). Tried to move storage to External, but still the error is triggered. I tried re-installing it to no avail (which deleted my favorite words list 😭). I can't use it right now, and I paid for this! Please fix this and please please please support on-cloud storing of favorite words. I had to delete my list in the past when I moved from iphone to android!
eric walker
Excellent, the only flaw that I see is not with the app, but with the dictionary itself. The only acceptable pronunciation for "mature" and "maturity" is with the "ch" sound, in line with the word "maturation". At the very least, the "also" must be removed from the definition of both. Middle America speaks this correctly. 5 stars will go to you when you speak like real educated adult Americans!
Walter Adams
Good dictionary; but interface is very odd and has a few problems It's a very good dictionary with a poor interface/look. It used to look much cleaner and it was far easier to see quickly if you were in the dictionary or the thesaurus. Not so now. A "browse" function, which many have asked for, would be massively useful. Finally, updates, on-and-off for the last few times, have caused major problems and one recently wasn't fixed without uninstalling and reinstalling (which caused me to loose all my saved words!). Hopefully this isn't a long-term problem.
User reviews
Our mini-review of English dict apps.. We just checked out tons of dictionaries for my wife that has to teach English. At the end the best is the (real) Oxford Advanced Learning one, but it costs 28€.. This comes a close second best, but at 3€. Only problem, it is AE, and not BE at all. At the end she kept the Oxford and I kept this one.. For a free solution (although much more messy) check out TheFreeDictionary.
Great app! Don't let idiots fool you This app is absolutely incredible and used to be 24$ and is now 3$. Voice recognition should work unless you are incognizant or have a dirty phone or other obvious reasons.. Beautiful new layout! Honestly, there is not a single complaint I have for this app. VALUE for the price. Very clean and functional.
Value for money is evident I have been using the App for four years now. It's value has recently increased by adding "word games" like "name a thing" and "difficult words" which keeps my grade six daughter at her fiercest edge in English, her parents third language. Great App.
Not enough storage space error I love this app, but recently I'm encountering a "not enough storage space" error, when in fact I still have a lot (32GB internal, 128GB sd card). Tried to move storage to External, but still the error is triggered. I tried re-installing it to no avail (which deleted my favorite words list 😭). I can't use it right now, and I paid for this! Please fix this and please please please support on-cloud storing of favorite words. I had to delete my list in the past when I moved from iphone to android!
Excellent, the only flaw that I see is not with the app, but with the dictionary itself. The only acceptable pronunciation for "mature" and "maturity" is with the "ch" sound, in line with the word "maturation". At the very least, the "also" must be removed from the definition of both. Middle America speaks this correctly. 5 stars will go to you when you speak like real educated adult Americans!
Good dictionary; but interface is very odd and has a few problems It's a very good dictionary with a poor interface/look. It used to look much cleaner and it was far easier to see quickly if you were in the dictionary or the thesaurus. Not so now. A "browse" function, which many have asked for, would be massively useful. Finally, updates, on-and-off for the last few times, have caused major problems and one recently wasn't fixed without uninstalling and reinstalling (which caused me to loose all my saved words!). Hopefully this isn't a long-term problem.
The new design is beautiful Very practical and easy to use. I'm not a native speaker so this really comes in handy. I tried many other products but in my opinion this is the best dictionary out there.
Very good, particularly with the games The only one gripe I've got is that word of the day seems to be stuck. I get a message, 'unable to load'. But the principal functionality of the dictionary and thesaurus are excellent. I've done chess puzzles and other puzzles but I wanted some leisure diversions that would have real world benefit and the games included here give me that.
Index error nessage Since last update of android, a few weeks ago, I couldn't use me. Index doesn't build up and ends with a "not enough soace" error. I gave more than 5gb left on internal and even more on external sd
Idioms and Windows app needed I like its clean and vivid UI. However it only works in searching single word. We often come across unfamiliar idioms but this app isn't much of a help. BTW why the hell shut down rhe Windows app!? Unbelievable..
Excellent dictionary Definitely worth the money. Very comprehensive dictionary with many features. It could use more usage examples similar to the many examples provided by Oxford dictionary online; that is, however, a suggestion for improvement than a shortcoming.
ONE OF THE BEST APP for dictionary, some following suggestions Please add more legal, latin words, legal maxims, English to hindi dictionary, if word not found, then search from Internet and provides the needful, then it will awesome
Love this app but... I've had this app a long time all of the sudden for days now I get no word of the day. That's after the word of the day was for one day before it really was or is. Please I have premium.
Family Library Option Unavailable Gee, I would have to purchase this app again if I want to add it to my family library. For an educational app, that should not be the case.
Happy with purchase I love looking up the meaning of words, and in particular their origins. Games could be improved upon, and the option to hear how a word is pronounced for all words, not just a few. *update* As of 12/02/16 "Word of the Day" isn't even showing up and and can't load from menu when selected. Please fix!
The only look-up reference you need Excellent coverage. Beautiful presentation with clear formatting. Easy to use. Includes both Dictionary and Thesaurus. The best reference out there for professional writers, logophiles, and students alike. I'd like to see the MW Unabridged version fused into it soon.
Intent filter Please provide intent filter. What's the point in having this amazing app with no support to e-readers. One can't practically search for each & every word by switching the apps.
Fun! The games are just compelling, that's what makes this application great. Easy to use and visually all right. Plus, I've never experienced lacking of words thus far.
Adequate My biggest problem is with the interface, if you use a keyboard with an auto complete feature and you select the the word a space is added after the word ... MW then cannot find a definition. Really?!? You can't find words if there is a space added to the end? ...... They removed or hide the synonym dictionary. .......Otherwise it has enough definitions for the average user.
Good app that needs work First of all "OK Google" integration would be wonderful. Second, sometimes when I type in a word and click it then the app closes out. Third, I changed OS a lot so it would be great if my favorite words saved or if there was a backup or login system.
Its a very good dictionary, clean design, functional, smooth and simple. It has both dictionary and thesaurus mode, they both work offline and so does the vocabulary and other games, which I've come to like very much and they are very responsive. The word pronunciation works only online though. Its worth paying for the app to support the developers as its not very expensive and there are no in-app purchases or ads or any premium subscription for extra pay, its buy-once and use it fully kind of app, the developers are humble I guess, which is rare and praiseworthy these days. They've done a good job, all that can be expected in the future is for them to continue performing admirably.
Excellent and getting better The paid version is excellent with easy interface . No- ads and all contents are offline. Only for voice search and pronunciation, Internet access required!! Word of the day feature is a cheery on a piece of cake!!
Awsome minus a handy feature There is one feature which would make this dictionary the number 1 on the market. The ability to share words from other apps to look'em up easier and faster instead of copying and pasting.
Loading After updated, the app always show the "loading definitions" and take several minutes before I can finally use it. Please fix it as soon as possible! Thank you!
Favourite dictionary app A request if I may: make the app available in the Share Android menu. It would be very useful to be able to highlight and share a word into the app in order to define it
Best Dictionary on the Play Store. Period This app is so good it makes me want to look up words that I'm already familiar with. It has never let me down.
Excellent resource. Great value Simple, quick definitions made for a useful and handy tool. Start spelling something and the app offers several words beginning with those same letters. While in the dictionary, one click opens thesaurus on the same word. I love the quizzes too. Certainly worth the cost of the app.
Not up to date I usually like this app but it always off. Word of the day is a day behind and it's always having problems
Very impressive! Etymology, good explanations... I use Meriam Webster combining with to FiiNote, sharing important and new words with myself (other computer devices).
Please allow backing up of application data Either add an option to sync favourite words to cloud or allow backing up of application data using 3rd party apps
Purchased this application After update application shows error with message for freeing some more space; though my mobile has at least 50 times free space required for the application
Dont Like The Fact That You Have To Spell The Word Rite To Use It!!! Simply No Spell Check!!!
Improved I have been using it for more than a year, and I am very pleased with it. Update makes it even better. Good tool for my Bible study and vocabulary.
Bar none. What a warehouse of knowledge and repository of language--a must have for word lovers and poindexters :)
Pixel XL A round icon is needed for Pixel XL because this app breaks icon uniformity on my Pixel 😎
Fantastic Tool Glad they offer a paid version. Thanks!
Just got the paper back the free one works just as good only not as intuniv staying off the web
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What's New
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
Additional information
Eligible for Family Library
Updated
October 13, 2016
Size
Varies with device
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100,000 - 500,000
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Requires Android
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