Dictionary App Reviews

...except tying my shoes.

I often use my handy Dictionary app when wanting a stronger impression of a word meaning. It does not disappoint!

It works really well and helps when writing essays for school or not knowing if something is really a word.... this app is a lifesaver!

This dictionary is absolutely the best. You can find anything and anything you want to know about the word you have searched. I really love it!!! You should try it!!!

That was very good, but if it had been offline it would be more effective now. Thank you

I had just now gotten comfortable with using your Dictionary-Thesaurus app again after reporting gross profanity usage in the Thesaurus back in December 2017. I am again appalled after looking up another word and again the Thesaurus defines it with profanity. Seriously, what has happened with the English language in the 21st century. I looked up that same word using the Webster dictionary and it did not have the profanity. The dictionary section is great, I rate it with 5 stars, but the Thesaurus, minus zero stars. Shame, shame, shame on you.

I wouldn’t know what to do without this dictionary, to me it is so concise and reliable that I depend on it and call it a necessity to my writing

I have found this dict fantastic

I would give 5 for The free dictionary but this app is really crashing a lot. Do some update resolving the crashing... Eating will go 5.

I really appreciate this ap. I use it for crossword puzzles, and when I'm not sure of the spelling of a word.

Excelente 😀

Sorry I find the “word of the day, “simplistic. I’ve always enjoyed learning and expanding my vocabulary. The definition part of app is great. I acutely removed the app I previously use as inadequate.

I enjoy use every time I needed Thank you

I’ve used this app for years, since my first iPhone 2!! Initially, I tried various dictionary apps, but none of them were as good as this one. I love Word of the Day! I also use this app daily as a reference, especially when playing word games in the newspaper & while reading. In writing, it comes in handy with suggestions of other words, or if I misspell something. It’s the best!! It’s a keeper!!

Quite impressive

For the the love of g** give me the option to turn off ads with sounds. I am a lawyer and while sitting in court I’ve used this app (while my phone is on silent) only to have some ad start blaring full volume. I can’t imagine I’m the only one with an embarrassing story like this. I don’t even mind the ads but the fact that they play sounds is unacceptable.

App is great bc it gives u everything in the free version. No reason to pay anything. Only difference is that the pay version gives u ADDITIONAL specialized dictionaries with things most would never use like specific complex medical terminology. Overall app is a very handy tool. I use it often bc all u have to do is highlight a word & tap define. -Cheers

No discernible rhyme or reason for blatant disorder of queries.

It is super. You can find meanings if difficult Proffesional medical words too. The most I like is ability to make ur flash card. Whenever I come across hard to remember words, I bookmark or create flash cards.Great way of learning new words.

Hi dear I have some problems with searching new words on the app. This problem started two days ago until now.

Please add "daily grammar lesson" as it is on desktop version.

One of the best dictionaries I have ever found

The interface used to be simple: enter a word get a definition. Now there is so much crap in the way it is almost unusable. I’ve enjoyed this app for years but now I am looking elsewhere.

Very helpful because it searches for a word in multiple languages. I enjoy using it.

I’m currently writing a book and I use this very often. It gives me everything I need and definitely expand my vocabulary. 5 stars from me!!!

I use this app for my homework that requires grammar. I love that when I don’t want to do something I can just type the word and boom! I am done!

This app has been a great help to me, I am in college and when I needed a definition, it was on point.

I love this it is so easy to use get it

Great functionality and settings. Good customization in settings.

Very useful

I love this app! It is the most convenient, complete and comprehensive app of its kind! And it’s FREE!!!

I love it. It’s unique. It’s accurate and I very much enjoy the daily word. There always a little extra curve in the definitions; it’s always apropos. Not quite an urban dictionary but comes close in many cases. I highly recommend this one.

Very pleased with this app. It gives you multiple dictionaries definitions

This is just what I was looking for-a simple, easy to use basic dictionary. Plug in a word and get the meaning. That’s all I was looking for and this one works flawlessly. Kudos to the developers 🙏

This is by far the best dictionary I've used in print or digital format. I love that it has a thesaurus, translations, encyclopedia and medical, legal and financial dictionary. It has a customizable home page with "Word of the Day", "Quote of the Day", " This Day in History", "Today's Birthday"and word games like "Match-up", "Hangman" and more. Today's Article of the Day is "Vlad III the Impaler: The Original Dracula ". This Day in History (May 5) is about the Grand Opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891. It is so much more than just dictionary. You've got to check it out!

It’s the best app in the world and it’s very useful for improving my English language! Thanks so much

The best dictionary!!!

I use this dictionary often and have for quite a few years. I find it’s content VERY reliable and comprehensive and it is free. I like that it provides definitions from several major dictionaries, except from Webster’s, of course, which has its own online app for $$.

I love the Free Dictionary❤️👍🏼 but where are the Operating Instructions❓ The APP shows all the new features🤔 But where is the “SOP”❗️This the only thing wrong❗️Please explain Your App👍🏼

My very favorite app! Incredibly informative ‼️ I tell a lot of people about Farlex. I have been here from the 1st beta days. I just wish the city, state, & country rankings were still accessible!

Word of the day What happened on this Hang man A legends birthday

This app has more features than I have ever seen. Like the that is speaks the words

just, awesome. amazing definitions. basically a dictionary.

Different languages, many words! Great for word-learning for SAT and GRE prep, as well as on-the-go translating.

K, it’s good, helps me with homework a lot, especially when I can’t write as fast as the teacher can talk 5 stars all the way, hope other agree

Thanks to this app,I learn the English well as my first foreign language. It helps me to increase my vocabulary and my knowledge in many new fields. Also I love encyclopedia and wikipedia and so on. But in real life,it's a real challenge for me to deal with the multicultural situations. Hope it will get better and help me in express well in oral and listening skill. Thanks so much.

Highly recommend! User-Friendly with total ease in accessing the respective comprehensive Options.

This app is so useful & comprehensive

Quiz Up introduced me to autological. Your definition is understandable. Good. Your magazine examples are useless citations of pompous writers whose apparent goal was to fill their sentences with polysyllabic words. Ugh

I have used this app for more than 4 years. It is a great resource and has games and quizzes to break up the day. Love that it will speak the word so you get proper pronunciation. Has daily horoscope, hangman, historical facts and quizzes. Nice app!

It's ready to use and accurate. It's excellent.

As a Texan, I wonder if the British flag indicates the meaning of the word over yonder across the pond instead on North America?

Well done design. Fun and easy to use and always learning is great.

For years I have preferred this app to all others-and that is still the case today. I particularly enjoy reading the etymology of words and the easy access to synonyms and antonyms. However, this app (on my iPhone and iPad) has been crashing a lot lately and it’s discouraging. For ex, if I’m reading a book/article and feel the need to look up a word, the app opens and then closes about 30% of the time

It good but is crashing I don’t know why I have the latest update 11.4.1

This is by far the Best App Dictionary. I’ve used the others, but they pale in comparison. They are always improving the App and taking it to the next level🙂

I am truly very happy with this App and I am pleased to recommend this App to anyone, whether a student, professional adult or none professional. I rate it 5 stars ....and so bring on the best suggestions that others wrote I also agree if it its for the best of the App and the user.

I daily use and generally love this app, but recently I get very little read before it kicks me off. It’s very aggravating! This happens repeatedly and is very aggravating. Seriously considering deleting this app.

Today this app crashed repeatedly meaning it just shutdown leaving the screen as though no app had been selected. Very strange and unusable. (8.1.2/0/iOS/11.4.1)

This the best for checking your answers. Use it nearly every day.

Love it

It’s easy to use. Includes synonyms, antonyms, and translations to various languages. I really like it.

I have used this app to entertain my grandkids with word matches, hangman and “Did you know?” type quizzes and games. Of course, now that they are teens they spend time differently, but I continue to use, play with and love this app!

One of the best online Dictionaries. I love it.

The Free Dictionary is the best of all on- line dictionaries. If offers more informational materials than any other. I have been using it for more than three years none stop.

Awesome

I love this app.

Awesome!!!

What interesting articles they offer daily!

This app is very helpful, perfect for who is learning

Very accurate & Reliable!

thats why its did not work on me

This app is a handy dictionary, but yet it’s so much more. It’s educational in a very entertaining way. There’s historical content, there’s trivial knowledge and there’s the simple “ what does this word mean and how do I spell it correctly “. And I get it all for free. You can’t beat that!!

There are specific Latin words in medicine that if you know the meaning you can understand the disease. This dictionary has every single unusual and uncommon disease and syndrome I’ve looked up thus far. Love this app- quick easy to use and to the point WITH option for related info. Thanks!

This is a truly exceptional app.

Not "every" word, but close. Like the format as well as content. Well worth paying for no ads, and then for the Pro version: 3 dictionaries, one or two encyclopedias, translations, more than one thesaurus. Does ask you to rate it every so often, even after you have.

I use this app for writing. When a word I have thought of doesn’t quite fit the way I want it to, I check the thesaurus on this app to find the perfect replacement. I also like the idiom of the day, the flash cards, and the quote of the day.

Great and helpful app

I love this dictionary and have been using it for several years. Thank you for continuing such a fine job at no cost.

Great! I’ve been using it for years!

Smart, fun and interesting. A keeper! The first thing I do every morning.

...Thanks very much.

It’s one of the better ones

I just started using this dictionary again since they had fixed the glitches. I especially like that they have the pronunciation of the word and I hear how it sounds.

Words of the d@y are too simple such as today’s “intoxication! Who chooses these words? Everyone knowswhat the word means! Word of the dayshould be more challenging, evoketne use of cerebration,and educate and to a higher level......

This is a fantastic app. A tool that I use on a daily basis. I enjoy all the options, especially the translation and thesaurus. Can’t live a day w/o it!!!

It’s about 2 years since I started to use this application and dictionary.I’ve found it a master of simplifying vocabularies and idioms thanks to nice explanation and useful examples.whenever I get disappointed by other dictionaries I refer to this one. To sum up in a word it’s great and excellent.

Because it gives you information about words you want to know or need to know about your word

For several reasons, I believe that this is superior to dictionary.com. For starters, you are provided with option to define phrases and more slang than dictionary.com, which is useful. Just as well, I enjoy idiom and article of the day, but can you make the notifications with a “Read More” button that allows me to read the idiom, definition, etc, without having to open the app? I also enjoy that your provide pictures for certain explanations and even put the origins of te words. Just as well, it’s nice that you add pictures for certain explanations but avoid pictures for content that may be overly, malicious, pornographic, or graphic. This is useful when I wish to learn about things that I am clueless about without being exposed to toxic material. So, the only suggestion I can give is to make an option to read more in notifications without having to make the trouble of opening the app. The games are fun too. I use dictionary.com to learn a basic idea for words because it has a “learners” feature that simplifies explanations for the reader, but if you want to delve into everything about and concerning a word to maximize your research, like me, this is the app for you. Thank you if you went through the trouble to read this suggestion.

My favorite definition / word app - contains all important factors: definition, thesaurus, wiki, references, examples etc IN ONE APP

This is my go to app for double checking myself on spelling and for the thesaurus. I use it regularly. It is user friendly and I’m teaching my grandchildren to use it to learn to spell and to read the definitions. Love it. Recommend it to everyone.

While this is my best source of search for words, I wish it was expanded towards 1. Synonyms and antonyms suggestions (what’s the good word) 2. Practical usage examples in sentences

I’ve had the app for awhile now and I find it phenomenal! I’m always doing research on things and this app really helps! Big thanks and appreciation to the developers!

I like this app so much.

Was good until last update. Now pops up adds, pronouncing doesn’t work etc. Deleted - there are so many dictionaries I can use ...

Boring

App worked for quick etymology info, but I foolishly clicked on a pop-up and wasted 10 minutes taking a test. THEN it asked for my email address to send me the results. THAT’S a classic Bait-and-Switch! Grrr

This dictionary is easy to use & reliably thorough✅

This is by far the best dictionary and thesaurus app that there is available. In my ordinary day and my toughest study jams it is the most used app on all my devices. The pronunciation has saved me a lot of embarrassment. When I need a little break the games are the perfect escape. It has helped me broaden my vocabulary and write many essays. Definitely, my favorite app on my iPhone, Android, and laptops.

Amazing 😊😊😊👍👍👍⭐️⭐️

I use this app almost daily. The definitions include every word I have searched from technical jargon to modern slang. I especially enjoy the ‘Word of the Day!’ Learning new words and expanding my vocabulary is a constant when I make time to view this feature. Highly recommend this app for all professionals in any discipline-as well as an excellent resource to use in daily living!!

Easy access and I love the audio feature of the word. Kudos to the producers of this app. 👌🏽

I start every morning reading the articles, matching words, and reading my horoscope. Thanks for all the great information.

It’s the greatest app ever 🤷‍♂️ not sure of a word or definition this is the app 😉

Great!

Generally it is satisfied( especially for pronounciation) but the offline mode is not complete at all

For an educational and reference type app, I find this one very fun to use because of the games to help improve your vocabulary and spelling bravo!!

I love this app. It is perfect. I give it 5 stars.

Love this app. Only suggesting I want to see is all the vocabs and idioms in a list.. so I can go and review them anytime.. you have a option to archive the words and idioms..

It’s always in the top 10-20 results when I’m researching for work and a lot of fun when I’m just checking out fun facts.

This app is easy to use, precise and if my spelling is off, it has correct spelling and definition. No need to go anywhere else. It's my go-to for looking up words and definitions. Thanks Farflex!

I enjoy the word matches and WordHub. I don’t really pay attention to the scoring on WordHub, but it seems it could be prorated in relation to the total possible words. That is, if I get 13 of 20 possible words, isn’t that better than getting 33 out of a 100? Also, sometimes I get hooked into trying to find the answer to a teaser question in the accompanying articles for the history or birthday sections. That is often exasperating. The articles are generally quite lengthy and the answer is buried within. There is a lot of information in the articles, and it would be too time-consuming to read a lot of them. Some are almost like a short book. But I learn new things and amuse myself with the variety of activities available. I also wonder if the dictionary is British as some of the words and expressions seem to reflect that.

I love this ap esp the synonym antonym games and blessedly short articles.

Very easy to use!

I love this app. It’s quick and easy access makes it a great companion.

This app is like a witch that knows all things and words every medical student need ! Thanks sooooo much 😍😘

I have dyslexia and have a hard time with spelling. This is great to help me find the word I'm looking for.

Still ... One of the best apps of the million + in the App Store. Being free with the thesaurus, the word games, other language dictionaries + the other extras makes it an iced cake.

I'm a Spanish speaker and I use a lot the offline mode for English. Its annoying to receive the message of this word isn't found... With words like ”annihilation” or ”oblivion”.

I really really love this app because it really helpful for me.i really want to say to this app creators thank you❤️

Really like this App. The word match Is wonderful!! And this day in history...thanks

A wide range of activities to keep the mind progressing. Quotes, articles, word games... and so much more with a couple thumb strokes.

I’m learning medical disability’s and viruses and it gives me tens of thousands of things to learn about

I have using thefreedictionary.com for years. It is my go-to! And I only just starting using the app, which is even better than I expected. Thank you Farlex!

Easy to use and helpful!

This is a truly exceptional app.

if you gave the number of letters for the spelling bee game, l would be more inclined to play and would give a 5* rating.

It’s basically just what I need—not too much and not too little. It’s easy and it’s quick. And I’m impressed by its suggested words or phrases; they’ve come in handy numerous times! Good stuff!

Cambridge Uni AS offering a $20 app, years ago, and as they're leading Uni in linguistics, was saddened to notice it's no longer available, however, this one feels better than my "fluffy" Dictionary.com Pro subscription, so, I thank you, for also including many needed technically foreign words!

The app I use the most ! It has all the features of a good dictionary plus lots of brain stimulating games which are fun and addicting.. kind of addiction that’s good for you! It is simple and very easy to use Above all unbelievably it’s too good to be a free app!!

I love this app. It doesn’t just give the meaning of the word, but also the origin. In addition to the word, it also has other information for FYI and matching word/meaning which I like. I’m learning something every time. 😊

Use it most every day. Love learning about people, events, new words. I enjoy the Match and Mismatch games. There is one small thing that I wish they would correct. When checking answers or reading an article, when you tap the return icon it takes you all the way back to the top of their beginning page and not where you were reading. You end up having to scroll down to where you were. Any chance of fixing that? Otherwise, an excellent ap and worthy to have. Amazing app. 2018- still using the app and love it. Love learning definitions to new words. Helps my memory and keeps me active mentally.

I like this and it’s helpful but not helpful for me. I do this thing in class where you have a prefix of the week and it’s nearly impossible to find a prefix so I was wondering if you could add and prefixes and suffixes. Thank you!

The app is pretty good generally, but when it comes to using or finding historically used vocabulary it is not so hot. And I have suddenly started having self correction take place even when I retype the word exactly the way I wanted to be spelled, sometimes two or three times… It’s very very annoying! End it just writing this review took some doing… One would think that the words “read type”and “vocab you Larry” would already be in your dictionary! But as you can read above that is not so. You still have quite a lot of bugs to fix. It was my understanding that modern electronic dictionaries had a learning process that was supposed to be intuitive, but it seems that I constantly run into the same errors of misprinting and poor dictation over and over again.

This is the best dictionary I’m a fan of dictionary It’s is also detailed and gives different definitions of words Technologically it is equipped but it needs to add voice recognition to speak and find a word I have a question Is the main word pronunciation American how it is differed from the pronunciation labeled as American flag Is the one with out a flag standard American pronunciation or international standard

I love this Free Dictionary App!! It’s the very easy to use, fast, and its convenient. I use it so often!!!

This dictionary does everything I need it to do. And, it entertains me when I have time "to kill" out by myself at lunch, etc.

This app is absolutely useful, pronunciation, meanings, synonyms, bookmarks and even translations!! Can’t ask for anything else and then it gets improved even further. Thank you developers, great job!

Great app!

As a dictionary, his app does a good job. What I really like is the daily articles. Interesting little odd facts about history and different cultures.

Very easy to understand, to switch around from a definition to synonyms to Antonyms. It’s also very easy to understand what they are say. I definitely feel after researching the words I need to know I feel like I can put them in my own words!!! Thank you for a great app!!! Let me know if you have anymore or coming out with any 😁

Simply very useful!

That's right I'm enjoying my Dictionary App, one of my reason are, because it help me so much with helping me pronounce the words more correctly. And if there is a word that I don't have to pleasure in pronouncing it correctly! My Dictionary audio App help me very much. We really don't need a hardcover Dictionary to search for definitions when it's on in. App! This Free Dictionary App is so convenient! We don't need to Carrier heavy Books when we have A apple App! I like it!!

Definitions are good but ads are increasingly obnoxious (my phone apparently has a virus that will soon destroy it, one ad informs) and difficult to navigate around.

I’ve been using this dictionary app since I started college in 2013. I really like the bookmark feature because I can easily navigate to the saved words.

Multi-lingual diction as well as cross referencing across medical, Legal dictionaries and even thesauruses this app is simply the best!

Very helpful.... translates.... FREE Love this app is amazing.

Fun, and educational, I spent over an hour on this “dictionary “ but it’s so much more!

It does everything it want it to do.

Now here's a fun way to learn! Who woulda thunk it, huh?!

I have used this app for years...even the online version before I owned a cell phone. I have always found it simple to use and extremely helpful. Whether I am looking for understanding or a better way to share my own ideas, this app has always been my "go-to" for the help I need.

Good app but I wish the review prompt would have given me longer than a day before asking for a review.

User friendly and good definitions.

I love this app, but I only gave you 4 stars because if I don’t use it I get a lower brain score. I am using my brain all the time not just when i use this app. I understand the drive to use it but it’s an unfair way to rate a person and could give a young person a complex.

Worth it

I'm rating it like good because it is that good And I've learnt plenty of things from them thanks to the free dictionary group for all

I started using this dictionary some years ago, and it was before they built this mobile application. I love it because the content has words carefully chosen to understand and it breaks down the info in a logical way. For me, it is a fantastic tool.

. . that I enjoy - more soon

I just love learning words everyday! Words are music to my ears...

I love everything about this app but just work on the home page and make it more clearer to understand and not repeating

It is sometimes confusing so I am going to give it a three

I have told so many of my friends/family that they must have this app. I have it on my phone & my iPad… It's a must 👍🏼 Even fun for games... I even got my husband hooked on it 🤗

This app has been a HUGE help! I love how it’s set up to give you the word of the day. It has everything you need all in one app! Like I said “PERFECTION”. Only thing, I wish it had a section that has a section to find words that rhyme because I write a lot of poems. Just a thought.. thank you!

4 stars I’d give 5 if there was more “Deatailed” flags. N.O.T.H.I.N.G. else to tell you.

Great application. Has very useful capabilities. Really glad I found it. Been using it for quite a while. Used several other apps prior to it, but this is by far the most useful... 👍👍👍👍👍

This App is an amazing combination of an incredibly useful reference and a great source of entertainment with interesting factoids and games. Try it out; you’ll be surprised with how useful and fun it is.

I like the dictionary because medical words can be found by using it. I like the variety if definitions; oh, I like the wording. I can understand it and get the help that I be looking for🤭

It’s a brilliant app to use. It’s user friendly. It is highly informative and the vocabulary section is superlative. I rate it five sty.

I have used this app now for about 5+ years and continue to learn more words and the meaning of words helping me to expand my vocabulary. I love words within words and learning about people in history. However, like some have said when you go back to the main page it takes you back to the top then you have to scroll back down to continue. I think it could be tweaked to be more user friendly other than that I LOVE IT!

I really like it. It’s free with many features. I learn every day with this app. Thank you very much.

I really like this app. I always find the word that I am looking for.

As a non native speaker, I prefer to use this dictionary. It helped me alot.

I have been using this dictionary for some time now and very few words I can’t find the meeting of. Thank you