Dictionary

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.7
297K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
Enjoy this app for free, plus many more free of ads and in-app purchases, with a Google Play Pass subscription. Learn more
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About this app

Free online and offline dictionary and thesaurus with every word you look up. Millions of definitions from such trusted sources as:
Webster's Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus
The American Heritage Dictionary

Plus FREE access to:
English Offline Dictionary
English Offline Thesaurus with synonyms, antonyms, and related words
Word of the Day
Medical Dictionary
English Idioms and Slang Dictionary
Translations of English into 40+ languages
Dozens of other translation options
+ Much more! The Free Dictionary is like getting 100+ dictionaries in one user-friendly app.

See why we have top ratings after millions of downloads:

* Find every word you look up.
Clear, precise definitions from the best dictionaries—online and offline dictionary access.

* Find synonyms fast.
Free Thesaurus with an easy-to-use interface helps you find the perfect word every time.

* Learn something new every day.
Word of the Day
Idiom of the Day
+ Other daily content

* Build your vocabulary.
Learn the words you look up. Featuring:
Audio pronunciations
Example sentences
Etymologies
+ More!

* Explore your favorite topics.
Multiple specialty dictionaries and encyclopedias:
Idioms and Slang dictionary
Medical dictionary
Legal dictionary
Science dictionary
Financial dictionary
Acronyms and Abbreviations
+ More!

* Play fun word games.
Spelling Bee, Hangman, Match Up, and more.

* Watch idioms in action.
Play idioms videos inside the app! Animated definitions of words and phrases from the idioms and slang dictionary.

* Access dictionaries in 13 other languages:
Spanish dictionary and thesaurus
French dictionary and thesaurus
German dictionary and thesaurus
Italian dictionary and thesaurus
Portuguese dictionary and thesaurus
Russian dictionary and thesaurus
Chinese dictionary
+ More!

* Translate English into Spanish, French, and 40+ languages.
Or translate other languages into English, plus dozens of other translation options.

* Access dictionaries and encyclopedias from industry-leading publishers with just one search:
McGraw-Hill
Houghton Mifflin
HarperCollins
Random House
Cambridge University Press
+ More!

Here's what makes The Free Dictionary the easiest dictionary app to use:

* Define any word in any app. Just highlight the word and "share" with The Free Dictionary app.
* Voice search. Look up any word just by saying it.
* Look up any word on the page. Just highlight it and tap the search icon.
* Save thousands of bookmarks and sync them to any device.
* Customize your homepage: Move, add, or remove articles, games, even local weather.
* Jump to Definition, Thesaurus, or Translations with one button.
* Navigate the app in more than a dozen languages with the multilingual interface.
* Adjust font size.
* Share your favorite words via social networks, email, or text.
* Advanced searches.

EXCLUSIVE
* Earn meals for hungry children through The Free Dictionary's partnership with the World Food Program—just by using the app!

This is not a trial version—you get everything free and forever. Additional offline dictionaries in other languages are available in the Pro version.

Sound too good to be true?

Read real reviews to see why our users say The Free Dictionary is the best dictionary app they've ever used.

* For app developers: The Free Dictionary app can be accessed by other apps with API calls (Contact Farlex for instructions).
Updated on
Oct 31, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
277K reviews
Simeon Museko
February 22, 2025
I just downloaded this app I already a an issue with the spelling part , it is only a male voice 😑. Why can't we get an option to choose between male or female coz for me I really can't hear male voice version and when the female voice version comes on once I do hear clearly. Do please just give us that option to choose which we prefer. But apart from that everything is perfect 🥰.
3 people found this review helpful
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TheFreeDictionary.com – Farlex
February 24, 2025
Thank you for your feedback! It sounds like you might have discovered this already, but some entries do have audio pronunciations with a female voice. The availability of audio pronunciations varies from word to word based on the source material.
Alison Lowery
October 14, 2024
I hate taking away stars from what has probably my favorite app of all time. I'm not having a lot of the issues people were mentioning; however, after search the page loads, everything will shift position and size and I hit links I don't want and have to sit through exorbitantly long, loud, obnoxious ads with multistaged exiting protocols that involve more unintentional links and more ads. I can't let my curiosity wander and link hop to find the link between words. That was the magic of this!!!
7 people found this review helpful
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TheFreeDictionary.com – Farlex
October 16, 2024
Thank you for reaching out. Our ads are set to be silent, so please send a video of this issue to support[at]tfd[dot]com, so our development team can take a look. Also, please know that, for a one-time purchase, you can permanently remove all ads from the app. To do so, simply open the app's menu and select "Ad-free upgrade."
Sammy Swanksmith
August 18, 2024
Possibly the most obtrusive, obnoxious ads I've seen in any app in my life. They interrupt you and take the entire screen, force you to watch a video. The only way to dismiss is to click skip, then a microscopic X which is deliberately hard to tap, so when you miss it launches a website for the product to harvest more data. That happened to me 3 times. The most anti consumer experience I've ever had. No dictionary is worth this waterboarding. Besides that, terrible UI. UNINSTALLED.
20 people found this review helpful
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TheFreeDictionary.com – Farlex
August 20, 2024
Thank you for your feedback. There is supposed to be a limit on how often full page video ads appear, so I will let our development team know about this.

What’s new

* Bug fixes and enhancements.