The Free Dictionary Alternatives

The Free Dictionary is described as 'Online Dictionary - Multiple dictionaries including: English dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary, computer dictionary, thesaurus, dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations, dictionary of idioms, thesaurus, Columbia encyclopedia, Wikipedia' and is a Dictionary in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to The Free Dictionary for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows apps. The best The Free Dictionary alternative is Google Translate, which is free. Other great apps like The Free Dictionary are GoldenDict, Wiktionary, WordReference and Translate You.

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  1. Multilingual dictionary. The Blueseal dictionary provides translations of words and expressions between German, English, Spanish and French in all possible combinations. It also provides a synonym dictionary for all these languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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  2. QwickUp icon
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    Access all your favorite dictionaries and other lookup services in one place.

    Firefox and Chrome extension are available to easily select and lookup any text in web pages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Firefox
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    Client/server software, human language dictionary databases, and tools supporting the DICT protocol (RFC 2229).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. xFarDic icon
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    xFarDic is a comprehensive multilingual dictionary developed using GTK2, wxWidgets, libxml2, under GNU/Linux and relesed under GNU/GPL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Dictionary .NET is a tiny, easy and smart multilingual dictionary translating from/to 65 languages using Googles and Bing services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online is an online version of the CD-ROM of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Updated Edition.

    57 Longman English Dictionary Online alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Advanced English Dictionary is better than other dictionaries, not just because it contains far more words than a conventional paper dictionary, but because it uses a radically new approach to searching for words.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • Blackberry
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  9. VerbAce icon
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    VerbAce-Pro is an easy-to-use Desktop Translation Software.

    Translate in a mouse click From any application Access Wikipedia Quick translation option by moving the cursor.

    63 VerbAce alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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  10. Dictionary from the Elementary project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. The Free Online English Dictionary from Macmillan Publishers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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