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  1. GoldenDict icon
     214 likes

    GoldenDict is an open-source dictionary program for PC computers that gives translations of words and phrases for different languages. It allows use of several popular dictionary file formats simultaneously.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    A feathery thing
    Chaining dictionaries
    Scan popup in action
    +7
    A mighty animal
    64 alternatives
  2. Wiktionary icon
     88 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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    63 alternatives
  3. Dictionary.com icon
     84 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    109 alternatives
  4. A simple and elegant notebook to write new words and discover their meanings and synonyms. Open a new note, whether if it's for a specific book or for a new language you're learning, write the word you're looking for and see its definition and synonyms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
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    29 alternatives
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    Linguee start page
    dictionary example
    103 alternatives
  6. Ludwig Guru icon
     82 likes

    Ludwig is the first sentence search engine that helps you write better English by giving you contextualized examples taken from reliable sources.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
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  7. Urban Dictionary is a Web-based dictionary of slang words and phrases. Submissions are regulated by volunteer editors and rated by site visitors.

    The definitions on Urban Dictionary are meant to be those of slang or subculture words, phrases, and phenomena not found in standar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. Lingoes icon
     106 likes

    Lingoes is an easy and intuitive dictionary and text translation software. It offers lookup dictionaries, full text translation, capture word on screen, translate selected text and pronunciation of words. Lingoes sits in the system tray and becomes ones pop-up dictionary and the.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window (several other view types possible)
    Pop-up after right-clicking at the cursor position (user can select what appears)
    Text Translation (many different translators to choose from)
    +6
    48 Languages.
    99 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good6 reviews
  9. Power Thesaurus icon
     29 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
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    28 alternatives
  10. Merriam-Webster icon
     44 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Homepage
    iPhone (1)
    iPhone (2)
    +2
    iPhone (3)
    78 alternatives
  11. Google's dictionary extension on Google Chrome. With it, you can double-click any word to view its definition in a small pop-up bubble, or search the complete definition of any word or phrase using the address bar dictionary.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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    50 alternatives
  12. WordWeb icon
     62 likes

    WordWeb is an international English dictionary and thesaurus program for Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android and Mac OS X. Available for download online, the program is partly based on the WordNet database.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Using WordWeb Pro
    Exploring senses
    +9
    Web references
    19 alternatives
  13. dict.cc icon
     44 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Translation from German to 21 languages
    Translation from English to 21 languages
    Try the PDA version of this dictionary!
    +3
    Downloads: iPhone dictionary, IE + Firefox Toolbar
    96 alternatives
  14. Reverso Context icon
     17 likes

    Reverso Context offers translations in context of words, groups of words and idioms; a free dictionary with millions of examples in Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and English.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    65 alternatives
  15. Artha icon
     42 likes

    Artha is a handy thesaurus based on WordNet with distinct features like global hotkey look-up, passive desktop notifications, regular expression based search, etc.. Artha may be used as a free open-source replacement to the proprietary WordWeb Pro.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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  16. Vocabulary.com icon
     35 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    +3
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  17. Your Mac also comes with a versatile Dictionary application. It also includes to other reference libraries such as thesaurus, Apple glossary, and Wikipedia. With it, you can find definitions, learn of the word's origin, find synonyms and antonyms, or get encyclopedic...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Apple Dictionary screenshot 1
    50 alternatives
  18. Aard Dictionary icon
     21 likes

    Dictionary and offline Wikipedia reader.

    "Aard Dictionary is a free, fast, easy to use word lookup program that

    looks up words fast even with huge dictionaries like English Wikipedia looks up words in multiple dictionaries in multiple languages without switching .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    Aardict in Ubuntu "Planck's Law": includes mathematical equations
    Aardict in Windows 7 "Periodic Table": includes tables
    Aarddict on Android: Text lookup
    +1
    Aarddict on Android: Adding dictionaries
    30 alternatives
  19. Jisho icon
     20 likes

    Powerful and easy-to-use online Japanese-English dictionary with words, kanji and example sentences, among other features, like sentence parsing and inflection info.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    English search
    Text reading assistance
    Inflection information
    +4
    Tags
    15 alternatives
  20. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Title page
    Finding words by 'm*ical' pattern
    15 alternatives