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

Dictionary apps are generally worse than one would think, for some reason (most developed by MobiSystems). This is easily the best of the bunch. I was using AHD, but the ads were so intrusive, subscription eye-poppingly expensive, and the app itself like something from 2010. I'm paying for the ad-free M-W now for a very reasonable price and am very pleased. The app feels modern and professional. Whatever you do, don't just Google words.

I have used this dictionary for years. I was happy to support it by viewing unobtrusive, decent advertising, but recently the adds have become obnoxious! I have recently had adds that I cannot figure how to get rid of once they show up. I have to minimise the app and then force the app to close. I am done and going to support someone else.

Oof, this would be such an easy win. I really wanted to support a "good" company like a dictionary by using an app (over using any other form of searching for a word) and this app SUCKS. Like I thought people might've been exaggerating, but the text selection is really frustrating. The worst part though, is that there isn't really a "browser" going on, and you can't go back when you go to a new word, only back to the front page. It's actively hard to use, and I will not be using it lol

What's new

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