Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

- June 21, 2016

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Description

Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. This is the best 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. Hundreds of words to test your skills.

The app is free, and supported by ads.

No internet connection is required to view the definitions or thesaurus (although you do 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
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day.
* Integrated Thesaurus: synonyms & antonyms are included with the dictionary
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Quick Definitions: perfect for on-the-go lookups
* 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
* For tablets: Scrolling Index - lets you browse the entire dictionary

Reviews

4.5

358,765 total

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4 63,448

3 18,768

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1 12,637

Robert Fiala

Amazing I have had it just for a couple of days, don't know everything about by far, but I can tell it has a lot of good stuff such as quiz, word of the day, perfect explanation of the words including the origin. Only flaw is the pronunciation...it doesn't work offline and the transcription is a bit strange. Anyway, I do recommend downloading this app, it's much more than a dictionary.

Cindy Marco

Personal Account or Sync I love this app and use it very often. My concern is that when I changed my phone, I had to download this app again leaving my search history in my old phone. It would be great if we could sync this to our emails so we can retain our old searches or have an online account as well -- working offline at the same time. I would rate this a 5 star app if this happens.

Victor Jr. Araneta

Too big for my phone.. :-( This is an amazing app.. and the bonus features like the mini game is a big plus.. :-) However, I'm forced to uninstall this.. :-/ It's because this app is big.. as in 290+MB BIG. I've tried moving this app to SD card storage.. but only 70MB could be moved.. I wanted to keep this, but my other apps couldn't update because of insufficient storage.. If you could fix this problem, release a "Lite" version, or IF I could get a device with a bigger internal storage.. then I would gladly reinstall your app.. ;-)

Carlo Abad Conge

Please reduce your total app size... No. 1 dictionary app choice. Loved it. Doesnt suggest words when searching in the search box with wrong spelling (ex. doog -- no match found). Guessing the correct spelling of the word or words takes too much time especially since not all humans are intelligent. Please address this issue. Works fine on 3" screen samsung. Highly recommended to all. Thank you very much. 07/13/16 8:24 PM your total app size in my device gt p5100 android 4.1.2 is now 287.36 mb according to avg cleaner. Please reduce it. Thank you.

Liked it!! 👏👏 No doubt it is exceptionally better than others but still needs to improve... Firstly lots of adds hinder the focus.. And then I found it hangs too (not frequently) bt it does 😑 And finally its a suggestion to introduce dat pronunciation option offline too... 👍👍

Sajan Panchal

Awesome but can be better I prefer Merriam over others for the better content you have . Still I face this inconvenience in searching for multiple words - every time I have to click on d search bar to open the keyboard and then type. this takes time. Why cant the keyboard automatically pop up when I hit the back button. You can check this interface in word web dict. That is so convenient. I request you to come up with something like that.

User reviews

Robert Fiala June 26, 2016

Cindy Marco August 4, 2016

Victor Jr. Araneta September 13, 2016

Carlo Abad Conge July 13, 2016

Merriam-Webster Inc. July 13, 2016

Thank you for the kind review. We are working on reducing app size and improving spelling suggestions. You should see the app size reduction very soon!

September 10, 2016

Sajan Panchal July 8, 2016

Erdha RD July 26, 2016

Better than before I've struggle with this app because it took me a few minutes to load till I updated it. My suggestion - it'd be nice if the team could work something on shortcut widget so one doesn't have to wait for the app to load to look up for a word. Other than that, keep up the nice work 👌

September 19, 2016

I could not find the "edit" button on the M-W Premium, which I had already bought on my old phone. I installed the free dictionary on this phone as I wanted to have it immediately. I thought it would automatically install the premium as my number is the same. I am now longer using my old phone. Please help me. As far as I'm concerned, it's the best dictionary in the world. I just installed it into my new phone. I already has the plus or pro version which I hope will be carried over to this phone. Afterall, you do know who I am.

Himalaya Butta August 9, 2016

Wondrous!!!! I really love this app.... Its truly helpful... But one suggestion, it does not contain many useful words... So I urge, the concern person or developer to please add on new words... ... Rest, its the best or user-friendly dictionary..... I request you to please add some generally used short forms such as NITI Aayog... Etc.

Annette Davenport June 26, 2016

Love it! So far this is the best dictionary that I've used. I have used this dictionary since I have received pretty much my first cell phone and that has been for years. I've used others and they are not as helpful and have too many ads. It's not that the ads are bad, it's that they just cover up but I'm looking for in the dictionary, thus I uninstall them immediately.

Lindsey Holt July 29, 2016

What happened? At first, five stars. But all of the sudden it won't let me search words. I would enter a word but it would act like I didn't do anything. It wasn't buffering, waiting, loading or anything. It didn't have a "no results" message. It didn't matter if I spoke into the mic, or typed a word. No one can get it to work. I have a galaxy7, and I would really like to get this app to work again. It was amazing while it lasted.

Steven Balke August 8, 2016

I was just curious. Just how much space does your app require? Between my phone and my SD memory card, I have about 32 gig of free space available. But when I try to run and use your app, it insists that I don't have enough free space. The phone alone has 4.05 Gig available. this problem has persisted across a couple of updates. I've deleted it to free up some space on my phone. It appears you've fixed the problem. Only thing now is that it's quite slow.

Todd S September 17, 2016

Loved it so far but... I've loved it and really like the historical portion at the bottom of each. But... since I've updated to a droid turbo2, from a droid global, I haven't been able to bookmark favorites or see a list of former words, and the words are different then then previous ones that I get more from. Am I missing something or will it be done in a future update???

ƙųʂɧ ɖųცɛყ August 13, 2016

It's not working properly in my phone. It shows that please free some more storage and try again when I type any word in it, while I have 5 gb internal space and more than 10gb external space. If any one having same problem then please tell me how to fix it?

ferdinand oliver Ansay September 16, 2016

I love it but i could browser like a list of word A to Z list of words . I love the games, the history list of word that could go back to read again, how to pronounce the words, the word of the day, the links connecting to another word that i really don't know yet but love to discovered yet, and the update but would like more if i can browser the words like normal list words that haven't discovered yet. But still checking what i haven't yet seen this app. This app is like a treasure.

nina johnson August 27, 2016

I love app, it is really great! However, I would like to be able to start at a letter and just read through it sometimes (especially now with the interchangeable thesaurus). I am trying to expand my teenage son's vocabulary and not having to pick out one particular word would be wonderfully helpful. Thank y'all so much for making this easier for parents with technology-minded children.

A. Le September 15, 2016

My Mer. Web. widgets back! Now the BAD. I LOVE that I got my Mer. Web. dictionary widget back. Yeah!! The bad part is there is no way whatsoever to save your favorite words. If something goes wrong with the phone I lose my favorite words. PLEASE fix this!!!! It's the only thing left wrong with the app. I'll be honest I don't use the game, like the word of the day, how it says the word, & also has a thesaurus. Just find a way to save favorite words. That is the biggest problem left. Fix that and all Stars because it is great other than that.

Adeal Daswandi September 15, 2016

Top Notch ! They've packed everything in to this dictionary - definitions, synonyms, origins and then they've added games too (and well organised have at that). There is nothing else out there that delivers anywhere near much on a FREE app.

Sean Smith July 4, 2016

I do love the dictionary that you have but.. I checked your website and it said that the most frequent question are how to transfer favorites from Free app to Premium app? And how to make favorites alphabetical? Both said they're not added yet. Why don't you have these yet? Also, why doesn't your dictionary have the words ubiety, unranic, talion, and tellurian? I googled them and they redirected me to your app with the definition but when I opened the app from Google it didn't show the definition, only the menu of the app. I'm sure there are others.

Manan Abdul Ahad July 12, 2016

New version has ruined it Can't scroll easily through the recently searched words! Have to go back all the way to the menu, select recent and then get to see previous searches. Previously it was far convenient as previous searches would show up (when screen is swiped) whenever any new word was being checked! Plz bring that feature back!!

Merriam-Webster Inc. July 13, 2016

Although the recent swipe history is shorter than it used to be (from 50 down to 25), this functionality is still in the app. You should still see the recent words up top and a left swipe should bring up previous words. Please contact us through the app menu screen (open menu->more->feedback) if you're still having trouble.

jessa mae August 9, 2016

love it ! This app is super awesome. I have been using it for a while now, and so far i dont have any much complain its just that it would be great if they could include two words, theres some but not as much.. nontheless its still great

Ashish Dhanda September 23, 2016

ONE CRUCIAL THING MISSING Just have a look on the Typing Widget feature of the "QUICK DICTIONARY" developed by WORD SNITCH. Its an app on play store. Just get The Merriam Webster imbued with this feature and it will be impeccable. You know what I mean. Just let me know when u read this.

Eleonor Somosot July 28, 2016

Best dictionary app. It simply is the best! However, please consider having a landscape mode.. I read books on mobile in landscape mode and it's bit of a hassle to physically rotate the phone just to search for a word. :) it would definitely be appreciated!

Pankaj Prakash August 15, 2016

Can be better... by adding extra section of different fields. like words used in schools, hospitals, daily life, colleges, sports. by adding section of top 4000 - 5000 words frequently used. I hope u will focus on it. I can only get meaning of any words but i cant learn coz forst i have to know any word than to search for meaning. If extra sections are added than I'll be learning new words of my interested fields.....Thanks you. :)

tom ingle June 23, 2016

Took a crap Since the last update, screen says "definitions loading"... 40 min later, STILL LOADING??? I don't think so. You have my email and all of my personal information. Hit me up when it's fixed, until then, forget it. Uninstalling.

Alpha Maldita July 18, 2016

Great but I think needs 1 feature. Could you pls add an option to not erase recent searches, only an option so that people who don't want them piling up wouldn't be burdened. That would actually helpful since I for one, like discovering new words but I tend to forget them, so I'd want to see the words I've searched and knew the meaning and pronounciations of. Maybe a lot of people are like me as well, so pls give it a shot.

Arnob Turjo July 16, 2016

It's the best It is good actually the best and I have used it before but the new version has some bugs. It got to a worse state from better. But still I give you 5 star cause I know you will fix the bugs and won't let the popularity and fame of the app go down.

Justin Lee August 31, 2016

I wish I can give 0 for this app Ever since it updated, I can't search any words from this dictionary. It kept saying I don't have enough space which I have more than 4GB each on my phone and sd card. DON'T USE UNTIL IT UPDATES.

Nirajan Pokhrel September 1, 2016

Nice! I love this app and I think this is the app that I use the most. One request I would lime to make is to facilitate the app with word meaning popper. For example: while reading an article in a browser or any app, it would be a lot easier if I could know the meaning of a word I dont understand just by touching or selecting it and giving a search command gesture. Or the app could show up a magnifying glass 🔎. It would be a cutting edge factor for this app. Please I need it. Please make it.

Alex Fernholz September 21, 2016

Only works sometimes (?) I have no idea why but this app will only search words occasionally. Usually this happens even though I have wifi, but it's incredibly annoying when the app you downloaded to search for words can't search for words. Please fix this- other than this I have no complaints.

SANDEEP PADHY August 11, 2016

Works smooth. Short in terms of phraisal verbs and idioms. Very easy to understand the definitions. Even for nonnative speakers. But i cant find all the idioms or phraisal verbs related to a word. Consumes a huge 290 mb of my storage. One more thing i would suggest - a feature like fb messenger chatheads to search words would be immensely helpful. We can instantly look for a word while reading something or watching videos. Otherwise it is very tedious to open the app everytime.

Arihant Jain September 21, 2016

Irritated with the commercials. I use Webster on a regular basis. But since past few updates it is popping adds on full screen after every 3-4 search. It's really frustrating. I thought it's an intuitive app rather than its transforming into a commercial app.

guhan sridhar June 26, 2016

What's wrong with u Actually I m a frequent user of this fabulous app..but few months back I updated the current version..it got struck n ease and it's not working properly...it take sometimes to scroll the words. So pls clear ur bugs..!!

Shlok Chandan July 20, 2016

Unable to share word of the day via Whatsap. App makers need ti be in sync with times. I am unable to share the word of the day via Whatsapp, the options i get is to do it via email... Surprising.. . Can something be done about it?

Merriam-Webster Inc. July 21, 2016

This is a great suggestion and is already on our backlog, but it may be a little while before we implement the feature. Let us know if there's anything else we can do to improve the product.

oladipupo bello July 18, 2016

It's frustrating! When searching for words in this latest update. It sometimes doesn't load the words and I have to close and reopen the app several times before it works properly. This is frustrating!

Ayush Gupta September 27, 2016

At first it was great but now having problems The app was working very good until it constantly reminded me that i have to free some space whereas i already have GBs of free space. Due to the issue it is not searching anything now.

Eric Luo July 6, 2016

Best offline dictionary I love this dictionary over others because it works offline and the definitions are on point. Love the newly added word/trivia games! But I feel as if the ads are screaming at me. Please make them more subtle.

Sahibjot Singh June 28, 2016

THRASHING COMPETITION! Been using this app from a long time,content was always good but the the update made animations much pleasing to the eye and a lot smoother now, the app seems much stable now. Cheers to devs for the AWESOME JOB! THANKS :)

raj kamal July 6, 2016

Good app I like this app but I have two issues. Please add the history tab for viewing the old words. You are saving the old words which I had viewed but I can only find that by only searching a word. Also we can only able to see current day's word of the day. I want to check old words too.

Phoenix Strong August 17, 2016

Are you kidding Pop up ads!? Are you kidding. The bottom banners are acceptable for a free app but pop up full screen advertisements. You're trying to educate yourself or increase your vocabulary and they try and push consumerism down your throat. Are you kidding me...