Web-based Merriam-Webster Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Merriam-Webster as a web app if you are looking for a replacement. The best Online alternative is Wiktionary, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Merriam-Webster and many of them are available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Online alternatives to Merriam-Webster are WordReference, Dictionary.com, Linguee and dict.cc.

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  1. Wiktionary icon
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    Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in 158 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by...

    68 Wiktionary alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  2. Dictionary.com icon
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    The free Dictionary.com app delivers content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, including nearly a million words and definitions and 90,000 synonyms and antonyms. No internet required!

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  3. Linguee icon
     43 likes

    Linguee is a new kind of dictionary app for French-English, Spanish-English and other language pairs. You will find reliable translations in the shortest time, even when you're offline.

    107 Linguee alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  4. dict.cc icon
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    dict.cc is not only an online dictionary translating from English and German to 21 languages. Its an attempt to create a platform where users from all over the world can share their knowledge in the field of translations.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  5. Vocabulary.com icon
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    Vocabulary.com is the easiest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary. It combines an adaptive learning system (The Challenge) with the world’s fastest dictionary (The Dictionary) so that you can more quickly and more efficiently learn words.

    157 Vocabulary.com alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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  6. Power Thesaurus icon
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    Power Thesaurus is a fast, comprehensive and easy-to-follow online thesaurus for writers, journalists, students and teachers.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
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  7. Wordnik icon
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    Wordnik is an online English dictionary and language resource that provides dictionary and thesaurus content.Some of the content is based on print dictionaries such as the Century Dictionary, the American Heritage Dictionary, WordNet, and GCIDE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  8. Free online dictionary of British English and American English from Oxford. Translate from English to Spanish, French, Italian, and German with bilingual dictionaries. Get writing, spelling and grammar help, and play word games.

    21 Oxford Dictionaries alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. Online Dictionary - Multiple dictionaries including: English dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary, computer dictionary, thesaurus, dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations, dictionary of idioms, thesaurus, Columbia encyclopedia, Wikipedia...

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    • Freemium
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