Digital Dictionaries
Dictionary.com is a comprehensive dictionary app without the major name attached. Their collection of more than 2 million words includes additional learning features like quizzes, puzzles, and word of the day. This is a great option for advanced academic use as well as everyday language. Dictionary.com is available online and also available for free to download on iOS and Android.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Advanced Dictionary & Thesaurus is an app that shows you the definition of a word and its synonyms. It has definitions of over 140,000 with more than 250,000 links and 1.4 million words.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Merriam-Webster Dictionary is a well-known English dictionary app for tourists, language learners, and teachers. The popular app includes vocabulary-building quizzes, an integrated thesaurus, search history, example sentences, voice search, audio pronunciations, and more. Merriam-Webster dictionary is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
The Urban Dictionary app is a crowdsourced slang dictionary that records new words and their meanings. Part of Urban Dictionary’s app is its informal approach, which allows both definitions and descriptions of slang and non slang words. The urban dictionary app is completely free to download.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
English to Marathi Dictionary provides instantaneous translations of well over 65,000 words. It is primarily intended to be used by Marathi speakers who are looking to improve their grasp of the English language. English to Marathi dictionary app is free to download and no Internet connection is required. This English to Marathi Dictionary provides a number of useful tools and grammatical guides. English to Marathi dictionary download is available for Android devices as well as on desktop (PCs, laptops and Mac computers).
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English Dictionary - Offline is exactly what its name suggests: a dictionary that you don't need an Internet connection to use. With it, you can look up any word without Wi-Fi or 3G.
Devices: Android
Dictionary(dot)com app has two easily interchangeable modes: dictionary and thesaurus. The search box with voice recognition button (microphone) is present at the top of all pages. The main page lets users choose and read daily (and previous) updates, view recent searches, and access saved words. Dictionary.com is a pretty darn convenient way to improve spelling, vocabulary, and knowledge with modern bells and whistles not possible in a traditional book format -- voice recognition, daily updates, favorites, and search history.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Bosnian to English Translator is a free app to translate words and text from Bosnian to English, and from English to Bosnian. Bosnian to English Translator app is available to download for free on iOS and Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Linguee is a dictionary app for French-English, Spanish-English and other language pairs.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
English to Hindi Dictionary is an interactive app featuring a comprehensive Hindi-English and English-Hindi dictionary, word and sentence translation. English to Hindi Dictionary app is absolutely free to download. English to Hindi Dictionary app can be accessed when an internet connection is not available. This English to Hindi translation app easily helps the users to translate words between these two languages.
Devices: Android
Longman English Dictionary is the leading dictionary app for learners of English of all ages and levels who want to learn more about English. Longman English Dictionary is available for free to download on Android devices.
Devices: Android
Word Hippo is a dictionary app that helps users find synonyms, antonyms, definitions, rhymes, translations, and examples for words. The app provides various features that make it easy for users to improve their vocabulary and writing skills. Word Hippo is available for free to download on all Android and iOS devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Oxford Dictionary of English is a free dictionary app that gives you access to more than 350,000 words, phrases and meanings. Oxford Dictionary of English app also offers audio pronunciation for 75,000 words, both common and rare, including those words with varying pronunciations. While it’s used for understanding the basic meaning of words, this English dictionary app provides you with immediate translations, definitions, and several other features. Oxford Dictionary is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
WordReference.com is a popular dictionary app of the world's most popular dictionary translation website. It has a simple layout and one can search the word by typing it into search bar to get the results. The app supports several languages, as they say, English to and from: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Greek, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Arabic. WordReference is available for free to download on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Google Play Store for Android.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
iTranslate is an excellent app to translate your casual conversations. In addition to their translation tool, you can also take photos with your camera plus use your voice to translate. While we haven’t tried on our own, some users claim that you could use this voice tool to get instant translation with people on the streets. iTranslate is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Rhyme Zone is a powerful language resource and rhyming dictionary. If you're looking for a rhyme, near rhyme, synonym, antonym, homophone, similar sounding words, words with the same consonant pattern, or other related words such as generalizations, specializations, and words that appear in the same context, then RhymeZone is the perfect iPhone and iPad app to help you find the right word. Rhyme Zone is available to download on iOS and Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Collins English dictionary app is intended for grades 12+ and general business users. It is stuffed full of over 500,000 words, and also covers world, regional, and dialect English. Collins English Dictionary Unabridged includes the latest vocabulary based on their database of over 2.5 billion words that is constantly updated.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
U-Dictionary is a lightweight app for translating more than 30 languages without an Internet connection. But to use it, you will have to download some additional dictionaries depending on the languages you want to translate.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
The English-Spanish Unabridged Dictionary, from Word Magic Software, is one of the most comprehensive – if not the most comprehensive – English to Spanish online-Dictionary currently available. A great language tool for students of the two languages – with detailed verb conjugations, an in-depth thesaurus and contextualising examples of language use – and a must-have for professionals, as it boasts an impressive technical lexicon.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
Commonly known as the world’s most comprehensive dictionary. You can use the dictionary and encyclopaedia in 14 languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, and Russian amongst others). This is an excellent “wiki” style resource which can act as a reference app in order to encourage fresh connections between ideas, experiences texts and words. The app can serve as dictionary, thesaurus, translation tool and encyclopaedia. There are also a few games within the app that pupils may like to play in order to expand their vocabulary and spelling. Encouraging pupils to use it as a resource to begin searching for things would be an interesting activity for the classroom or homework.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad