Dictionary Apps
Brick-and-mortar dictionaries have always proven themselves as invaluable resources, albeit extremely bulky and often inconvenient to utilize when they’re needed most. The web has resolved that problem, with world renowned dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster providing robust online versions of their dictionaries available to be browsed by everyone.
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle software lets you read ebooks on your Kindle, iPhone, iPad, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, and Android-based device.
GoldenDict
GoldenDict is an open-source dictionary program for PC computers that gives translations of words and phrases for different languages.
Lingoes
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, v2.9.2, released in August 2014, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Lingoes is an easy and intuitive dictionary and text translation software.
Dictionary.com
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.
Ludwig.guru
Linguistic search engine and contextualized translator. The final solution for your writing doubts!Search, compare, translate, learn and get inspired.
WordWeb
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.
Urban Dictionary
Urban Dictionary is a Web-based dictionary of slang words and phrases. Submissions are regulated by volunteer editors and rated by site visitors.
WordReference
WordReference is a free online Oxford dictionaries for Spanish, French, Italian, German and more. Conjugations, audio pronunciations and forums for your questions.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in 158 languages.
StarDict
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 3.0.6, released in January 2015, but it can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
StarDict is a Cross-Platform and international dictionary Software.
ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries
Discontinued
ABBYY announced that the company is phasing out all versions of Lingvo products. The product's end-of-life is December 10, 2018 and will no longer be available for purchase.
ABBYY Lingvo is dictionary software that offers you bilingual and multilingual translation with English, German and Russian as the core starting languages.
dict.cc
dict.cc is not only an online dictionary translating from English and German to 21 languages.
Merriam-Webster
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...
Linguee
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.
Reference.com
Reference.com offers a massive online dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, quote finder, and translator (powered by Google Translate)- all for free.
Cram
Online flashcards are a great way to study! Cram is your number one online educational resource.
QuickDic Offline Dictionary
QuickDic offline multilingual translation dictionary.
- Multi-lingual dictionaries between many language pairs.
- FREE, ad-free, and open-source!
- Dictionaries stored on SD card (works offline!)
- Create your own dictionaries.
TheSage
TheSage is a powerful language reference system that couples a professional dictionary of the English language with multifaceted and extensive thesaurus
Hound
Hound combines Speech Recognition and Language Understanding. This Speech-to-Meaning capability makes Hound the new way to search and do things faster without typing.
Babylon
Discontinued
The service seems to be abandoned: the apps are no longer updated since 2012/2013, the Android application is no longer available on the Google Play Store and the Facebook page has been closed. The Windows app can be still bought from the official website.
Babylon is the easiest way to translate a word. With just a click you can find translations from different dictionaries and different languages.
Power Thesaurus
Power Thesaurus is a fast, comprehensive and easy-to-follow online thesaurus for writers, journalists, students and teachers.