Dictionary - M-W Premium

3.7
9.73K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier Android app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.

And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds. Hundreds of words to test your skills.

Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.

Features:

* No ads
* Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Favorite Word Syncing: share your favorites between devices
* Premium Content: over 1000 graphical illustrations, and over 15,000 additional entries covering people and places
* For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index
Updated on
Feb 11, 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.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.7
8.72K reviews
Bill Falls
December 9, 2023
Excellent reference. Frustrating user interface. 1. When starting a search on opening the app or after long inactivity, the onscreen keyboard closes abruptly and I must tap and restart my search. 2. When reading an entry, any touch on the screen jumps to the entry for the word touched. Then... 3. There is no easy way to return after such an accident: neither the Android "back" button nor a search history. I reported these at least twice over the years but nothing has changed.
32 people found this review helpful
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Greg Nickel
December 11, 2023
At least one other user has the same exact complaints as I have! 1. When I open the app to search, I begin to type, usually about 3 letters, and the keyboard suddenly closes, and I have to start the search again. 2. The screen is very reactive. Any hesitant touch will open the word your finger happens to be on and away you go! Usually on some small, everyday word. 3. I am repeatedly asked to buy the upgrade even though I am signed in to my paid version. I'll be looking for something else.
23 people found this review helpful
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Jon
December 7, 2023
This dictionary used to be great. One used to be able to have 3 ways to search. You could search for a word that appeared in the definition, or use ambiguous place holders like "abr????" etc. Now there is zero ability to search with more advanced functionality. Now, it's one of my least favorite dictionaries. Plus, they try to force you to "login". In short, they no longer make great dictionaries, but rather "a dictionary user experience" PO'd I paid for this before their "improvement"
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What's new

Bug fixes and other small tweaks.