Web-based WordReference Alternatives

There are many alternatives to WordReference 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 WordReference and many of them are available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Online alternatives to WordReference are Dictionary.com, Linguee, Merriam-Webster 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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    • Online
    • Android
     
  2. Dictionary.com icon
     86 likes

    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!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  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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    • Online
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    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
  4. Merriam-Webster icon
     45 likes

    Free online dictionary, thesaurus, spanish-english and medical dictionaries, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and many more high-quality Merriam-Webster language resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. dict.cc icon
     45 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. SpanishDict icon
     9 likes

    SpanishDict is a Spanish-learning website that offers a Spanish to English dictionary, a Spanish-English translator, video lessons, flashcards, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  7. Glosbe icon
     13 likes

    Glosbe is a platform providing free dictionaries with in-context translations (translated sentences - the so-called translation memory). You will find here:

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  8. Onelook.com icon
     8 likes

    Think of this web site as a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, we'll quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. PONS icon
     1 like

    PONS provides over 12 million headwords and phrases in 13 different languages and in more than 34 different language combinations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. Wordnik icon
     19 likes

    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
     
  11. 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
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
     
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