Merriam-Webster Alternatives

Merriam-Webster is described as 'Free online dictionary, thesaurus, spanish-english and medical dictionaries, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and many more high-quality Merriam-Webster language resources' and is a Dictionary in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Merriam-Webster for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac apps. The best Merriam-Webster alternative is GoldenDict, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Merriam-Webster are Wiktionary, WordReference, Dictionary.com and Wordnote Dictionary.

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  1. The official Collins English Dictionary online. Comprehensive and authoritative, rely on Collins for up-to-date English with insights into language trends and usage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  2. PONS icon
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    PONS provides over 12 million headwords and phrases in 13 different languages and in more than 34 different language combinations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  3. Bab.la icon
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    The language portal bab.la is a free online platform for language lovers. We have 40 dictionaries for 28 languages, a language forum, vocabulary lessons, language games, quizzes, verb conjugation for 12 languages, phrase books for university, business or travel, an internship...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. SilverDict icon
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    This project is intended to be a modern, from-the-ground-up, maintainable alternative to GoldenDict(-ng), developed with Flask and React.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  5. The meaning and definition of 140.000+ words. Meaning Monkey is a free online dictionary. Can't find something? Take part in the enlargement of MeaningMonkey.org! Let's build the world's next favorite dictionary together.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. The single-volume international English dictionary with the widest coverage of all the riches of the English language. Clear, accurate and occasionally witty definitions, with the latest new words from science, technology and contemporary culture.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. Glosbe icon
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    Glosbe is a platform providing free dictionaries with in-context translations (translated sentences - the so-called translation memory). You will find here:

    76 Glosbe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. Ultralingua icon
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    At Ultralingua, we make software for people who love languages. We focus on high quality consumer applications for mobile devices, and offer our linguistic APIs to partners in a variety of fields.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  9. Words Like That is your ultimate destination for discovering synonyms, related expressions, and alternative phrases for any word you can imagine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Saladict icon
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    Saladict is a professional inline translator browser extension, built for comparative reading, with comprehensive dictionaries covering all major languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  11. Linguin icon
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    Linguin is an AI translation tool built around Google Gemini rather than statistical machine translation engines. The core difference is context-awareness: Linguin uses a language model that understands sentence-level nuance, idiomatic expressions, register, and formatting.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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