Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster Inc.

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier Android app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.

And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds.

The app is free, and supported by ads. To remove ads, a subscription is available.

Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.

Features:
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Additional vocabulary-building resources available with in-app purchase
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day
* Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Favorite Word Syncing: share your favorites between devices
* For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index

Ratings and reviews

Love the dictionary but this app is such a pain to use. The ads are whatever, but simply scrolling the page for a word is a hassle because the screen is so sensitive that it'll tap on any highlighted word and go to that page instead. Like, I'll be looking at the definitions for any given word and if I'm not careful enough when scrolling I'll accidentally tap on 'noun,' as if I need that definition. Given that the thesaurus is nothing but highlighted words, it's like a mine field!

dude like ... T F ! ! I'm sure I'm not the only one.. It's been over a week and the App force closes every time try to open it. EVERY single time. And have a paid subscription. Which about to sadly unsubscribe from. There hasn't been a update for the longest. I can't be the only one with this problem. But nonetheless. I have to unfortunately find another app that doesn't force close Every single time.

I mostly liked the app, and have recently discontinued my subscription. I found it terribly irritating that many words I would search for were not found within the app, but a simple Google search gave me the definition with no problem. The words were unusual, but not slang, and it really made me wonder what I was paying for in the app

What’s new

A dictionary update with new words, and newly revised definitions.
Bug fixes.