15 Online Web Dictionaries you can Use for Definition, References and Thesaurus

Online web dictionaries are really fun for use and useful for learning. If I do not know definition of a word or any new word come to me I simply visit any of online web dictionary than scanning in hard copies of Oxford dictionary or Encyclopedia Britannica, because it is ultimate and fast. And there are many dictionaries also. Only problem I have is lack of time. I am very fond of learning languages. My English is better than before but it needs improvement.

These dictionaries are not just dictionaries but more than that. You can play word games, read articles.

Many probloggers have suggested us read articles and learn new words so we can improve or writing. So this post is really recommended for bloggers.

In this post three dictionaries are with similar name is Webster and all three are good and different in look and feel

Thefreedictionary
This dictionary is available in many languages. It contains thesaurus, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, acronym, financial dictionary, encyclopedia and Wikipedia encyclopedia. Page contains good articles also on homepage.

Dictionary
This is perhaps most famous because its name is Dictionary. When I had searched on Google for a dictionary, Google had suggested this one for me.

Yourdictionary
Yourdictionary is for word definitions, language articles, and word games.

Merriam-webster
It is Merriam-webster one of the most famous dictionaries of the world.

Cambridge Dictionary
It is same Cambridge dictionary you are used to listen. It searches American English, idioms, phrases.

Freedict
It is a good dictionary. It is online dictionary for English to other 16 languages.

Wordreference
It is for searching definitions and references. It searches English definitions and other languages.

Dict
This one also I found good for references. It searches in many databases to give results.

Ldoceonline
It is Longman’s online English dictionary, which includes 50k English entries.

Websters-online-dictionary
It is also Webster which claims itself earth’s largest dictionary with 90 modern and 10 ancestral languages. This is really good dictionary.

Webster-dictionary
This is also including online dictionary, thesaurus, and any reference.

Askoxford
This is online version of Oxford dictionary.

Webopedia
Webopedia is for computer and internet related terms and definitions. I found this really useful for searching new terms of Internet. It searches for Internet, mobile, multimedia, data, graphics, hardware and much more.

Macmillandictionary
It is Macmillan dictionary very good.

Rhymer
It is rhymer dictionary for rhyming.