Online Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster OnLine: a comprehensive and reliable dictionary with many extras. Includes pronunciation help, a visual dictionary, a learner’s dictionary and much more.

OneLook Reverse Dictionary: describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Useful if you know a definition but can’t think of the word, or if you want to create a list of words that are related to each other (e.g. collocations).

Wordnik: a 2.0-type dictionary that includes all the traditional information but adds images, example sentences, related words and comments by users.

Wordsmyth: an educational dictionary that includes useful information for learners for each entry. Includes inflections of verbs, synonyms, related words, derivations and more.

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