Reference.com AlternativesDictionaries & Translators like Reference.com

Reference.com is described as 'Offers a massive online dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, quote finder, and translator (powered by Google Translate)- all for free' and is a Dictionary in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Reference.com, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone and Mac apps. The best Reference.com alternative is Wikipedia, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Reference.com are GoldenDict, Encyclopædia Britannica, WordReference and Tatoeba.

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  1. Wikipedia icon
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    Free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through a model of open collaboration, using a wiki-based editing system.

    69 Wikipedia alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • OpenAPK
    • MediaWiki
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • visionOS
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  2. GoldenDict icon
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    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.

    63 GoldenDict alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  3. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately-held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and...

    26 Encyclopædia Britannica alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  4. WordReference icon
     65 likes

    WordReference is a free online Oxford dictionaries for Spanish, French, Italian, German and more.

    54 WordReference alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Alfred
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  5. Tatoeba icon
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    At its core, Tatoeba is a large database of example sentences translated into several languages. Search example sentences translated into many languages. Add and translate your own sentences. It's collaborative, open, free, and even addictive.

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    • Online
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  6. 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!

    110 Dictionary.com alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    • iPhone
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  7. WikiSpooks.com icon
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    WikiSpooks is a global alternative encyclopedia on politics, spy craft, deep state intelligence, and conspiracies, free of corporate influence, partisan politics, or government propaganda for historians and truth-seekers to read, edit, and share.

    79 WikiSpooks.com alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  8. Linguee icon
     44 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

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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  9. Lingoes icon
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    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.

    99 Lingoes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • HK flagHong Kong SAR China
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  10. 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.

    81 Merriam-Webster alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    • iPad
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  11. 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.

    107 dict.cc alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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