It is always handy to have an English dictionary installed on your computer. But a dictionary is not enough – for people who write often, having a thesaurus is equally important. Here to offer you an efficient dictionary and thesaurus in a single package is TheSage’s English Dictionary and Thesaurus. TheSage’s English Dictionary and Thesaurus [...]
Images are an excellent way to get an idea or understanding of anything. Many computer users search Google for images of a certain word or object to completely understand what it is. At other times, people use images relevant to words to use in various kinds of projects. Whatever the purpose is, you normally have [...]
If you’re a Windows Phone owner and have been looking for a proper offline dictionary app then you don’t need to look very much further than SilverDict. The app uses the well-known StarDict free dictionary project and allows you to check words regardless of your connection status. If you’re clever enough to speak more than [...]
Learning words for exams like SAT, ACT, and GRE is not easy. But it helps to see how these words are used practically. Here to help with that is a tool called ProfessorWord. ProfessorWord is a free to use browser tool that helps you learn SAT, ACT, and GRE words. The tool comes as a [...]
People who are learning to read and write Japanese realize that they can use all the help they can get particularly because Japanese is a complicated language with multiple romanizations and syllabaries. If you are looking for a helpful dictionary to convert words between Japanese and English, you should check out RomajiDesu English Japanese Dictionary [...]
We all come across words of which the meaning we do not know. Dictionaries are a tremendous help in these situations. But people who spend most of their time in front of a computer find it far more convenient to use an online dictionary rather than a real one. Thankfully the internet has a plethora [...]
Not all dictionaries have the same meanings for words. Sometimes you will find that the same word has different definitions in different online resources. Here to help you get those different definitions conveniently is a tool called Multi Dictionary Lookup. Multi Dictionary Lookup is a free to use browser add-on that is compatible with Mozilla [...]
If you are new to chatting or new to the world of the Internet, then you might encounter situations where your friends or Internet friends use Internet slang which you might not understand. If that is the case, check out ChatSlang. Just enter the Internet Slang word using ChatSlang and immediately find the true meaning [...]
When you are browsing websites, you will come across countless abbreviations. These abbreviations can be anything, ranging from Internet slang to something specific to the website you are visiting. What you need is a tool which you can use to quickly reference abbreviations and their possible meanings without having to leave the webpage you are [...]
Do you think you are a skilled speller? Does finding the right letters for every word you put on paper come naturally to you? Maybe you’re all talk, and I think you should prove it by trying out the Oxford Dictionaries Spelling Challenge. It allows you to test your spelling chops and prove if you [...]
If you come across a foreign word in an email, webpage or message and want to know what it means and translates to, check out Babylon Translator. Babylon Translator is a handy Android app that allows users to easily translate words from one language to another and then find the meaning of the word from [...]
Have you heard a slang word and wondered what its meaning was? Thanks to the Internet, you can easily look up the meanings of countless slang words. One resource that can be used for this purpose is SoSlang. SoSlang is a free to use web service that lets you look up the meanings of slang [...]
Consider a situation when you are reading a very interesting article, and you come across a word you don’t understand. It is annoying when you have to open a new tab/window, open a dictionary website and look for its meaning. To help you get rid of this problem, give DefinePlug a try. DefinePlug is a [...]
For those of you who have already visited Urban Dictionary to find out the meaning of some senseless word – UrbanDictionary TV is just another website based on that, but now combined with videos to show you what they are trying to say. UrbanDictionary TV is more of a hilarious website that aims to provide [...]
If you are having a hard time learning a word, than GraphWords is a website you might want to check out. It allows you to examine a meaning visually. Instead of reading a dictionary and simply defining a word, GraphWords shows you the word visually. It shows lines connecting the word with other words of [...]
People hear phrases they do not know the meaning of all the time. We need a tool where we can find example uses of these phrases to learn their proper applications. FrazeIt is a search engine for phrases and sentences and precisely the tool people need. FrazeIt is a free to use web service that [...]
I have always loved etymology. Knowing the origin of a word interests me because it tells a story of people and societies, what they think about the world, and how words evolve to adapt to the realities of its usage. If you are an etymology geek, then you should check out Etymonline. This website lets [...]
People who are still learning English usually have trouble writing phrases, especially on word usage. If you have this problem, check out Netspeak, a web app that can help you improve your English writing skills by guiding you on proper word usage. It is an online dictionary, but not in the usual sense since it [...]
We all get stuck sometimes while writing or saying a phrase because we cannot remember that one word. PhraseUp is a tool that ends your frustration by completing sentences and phrases for you. Simply enter the words you remember and put an asterisk * sign for each missing word. PhraseUp will then show you a number of [...]
You are debating amongst your friends how the phrase “faux paus” is pronounced but don’t have access to any computer to book to confirm. SayIt can help in such situations. Simply send a text message to a local US number with the word and the tool will call you back within a few seconds with [...]