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1.

Dictionary.com
https://dictionary.reference.com/

Largest free online dictionary, thesaurus and audio pronunciation.

 
2.

The Free Dictionary
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/

Online Dictionary - Multiple dictionaries including: English dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary, computer dictionary.

 
3.

The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/Dictionary.htm

Online Dictionary - Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia; translations into Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

 
4.

Free Dictionaries Project
https://www.dicts.info/

Large collection of dictionaries, including picture dictionary and a dictionary for mobile phones..

 
5.

Freelang.net
https://www.freelang.net/

Free dictionaries to download.

 
6.

Babylon Translation
https://www.babylon.com/gloss/

Over 1400 Free Online Dictionaries, glossaries and translations.

 
7.

Write Express
https://www.rhymer.com/

Find more rhyming words with Rhymer's massive 93,000-word dictionary. Online dictionaries.

 
8.

AllWords.com
https://www.allwords.com

Specify a word in English, Dutch, French, Italian or Spanish, and translate it simultaneously into Dutch, French, English, Italian and Spanish. Also has links for creative writing, crosword puzzles, writing tools ,thesauri, slang, quotations, translation services, etc.

 
9.

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Cambridge Dictionaries Free online dictionaries: English, American English, Idioms, French-English-French, Spanish-English-Spanish, etc.

 
10.

CroDict.com
https://www.crodict.com

Online Free online dictionaries: English, American English, Idioms, French-English-French, Spanish-English-Spanish, etc.

 
11.

Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/

Etymology Dictionary Online Etymology Dictionary - explanations of what words meant and how they sounded hundreds of years ago.

 
12.

LanGServices
https://www.langservices.com

Langservices Free online Cambridge dictionaries, Merriam-Websters Dictionary and Merriam-Websters Thesaurus.

 
13.

One Look Dictionary Search
https://www.onelook.com/

OneLook Meta-dictionary. Enter any word in any language. OneLook will give you the results of a large number of online resources ordered by dictionary, language and dictionary-type (such as medicine, computing).

 
14.

Open Dictionary
https://open-dictionary.com/

A collaborative project to produce a freely accessible multilingual dictionary in every language, with meanings, etymologies and pronunciations.

 
15.

Translating Dictionaries
https://dictionaries.travlang.com

A large number of online dictionaries: German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Latin, Finnish, Norwegian, Frisian, Afrikaans, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Esperanto, Turkish.

 
16.

Wiktionary
https://www.wiktionary.org/

Free multi-lingual online dictionary.

 
17.

Word Reference.com
https://www.wordreference.com/

Online dictionaries: English to/from Spanish, French, Italian; also: English and Spanish definitions, Portuguese to/from Spanish.

 
18.

Your Dictionary.com
https://yourdictionary.com/

English into lots of other languages. Can also play word games.

 
19.

Dictionary and Thesaurus
https://www.zebrawords.com

Online meta-dictionary and thesaurus for the english language. Also: online translation of words from and to a large number of other languages.

 
20.

Find The Word
https://www.findtheword.info

A search engine for English words. All searches are made in a dictionary containing more than 460,000 English words. Also: partial words, anagrams, palindromes, words in word, word bridge, and more.

 
21.

Webster's Dictionary
https://www.webster.com

Free online English thesaurus, dictionary and unabridged dictionary.

 
22.

Thesaurus.com
https://www.thesaurus.com

Free online English thesaurus.

 
23.

English Dictionary
https://www.wordthrill.com

Searchable English dictionary with over 200,000 word definitions and list of their synonyms.

 
24.

American Sign Language
https://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

Extensive American Sign Language dictionary. For each letter, word or phrase it will play a short movie showing you how it is signed.

 
25.

American Sign Language
https://www.aslpro.com

American sign language dictionary. For each word in the dictionary a short movie is available.

 
26.

Bloomberg.com
https://www.bloomberg.com/analysis/glossary/bfglosa.htm

Free business dictionary. More than 6,000 entries with 15,000 links.

 
27.

Construction & Building Dictionary
https://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htm

Construction Glossary from the "Home Building Manual".

 
28.

Financial Dictionary
https://fidict.com/

Online financial dictionary, containing over 5000 terms. Additionally, FiDict.com is able to translate between English and Dutch.

 
29.

Computing Dictionary
https://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html

Free online dictionary of Computing Free general dictionary of computing terms (hardware, software, theory, etc.)

 
30.

Genealogy Glossary
https://www.genealogy.com/Glossary/glossary.html

When tracing an ancestry it is common to encounter records filled with obsolete, archaic, or legal terms that can be difficult to interpret. This glossary can help.

 
31.

Investing Glossary
https://www.investorwords.com

Free financial glossary with over 6,000 definitions and 20,000 links.

 
32.

Slang Dictionary
https://www.noslang.com

Internet Slang Dictionary and Translator.

 
33.

Sports Glossary
https://www.hickoksports.com/glossary.shtml

Free online dictionaries on sports.

 
34.

Medical Dictionary
https://www.stedmans.com

Online medical dictionaries.

 
35.

Dictionary of Slang
https://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom..

 
36.

Downloadable Dictionary
https://wordweb.info/free/

Thesauri for which can be used in combination with any Windows program.

 
37.

Thesauri Online
https://www.fbi.fh-koeln.de/institut/labor/bir/thesauri_new/theslang.htm

Thesauri classified by language.

 
38.

Chatslang.com
https://www.chatslang.com/

A slang dictionary with text messaging short cuts and emoticons.

 
39.

Rhyme Desk
https://www.rhymedesk.com

Rhymes, near rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, thesaurus, and word definitions. Great for writers, songwriters, poets and other creatives.


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