Dictionary.com strives to enable and inspire connection, communication, learning, creativity, and expression in a world powered by words.
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Dictionary.com strives to enable and inspire connection, communication, learning, creativity, and expression in a world powered by words.
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Dictionary.com is the world’s leading digital dictionary. We provide millions of English definitions, spellings, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and word origens. Dictionary.com’s main, proprietary source is the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, which is continually updated by our team of experienced lexicographers and supplemented with trusted, established sources including American Heritage and Harper Collins to support a range of language needs. Dictionary.com also offers a Word of the Day, a Synonym of the Day, word games and solvers, and a wealth of editorial content that benefit the advanced word lover and the English language student alike.
Language is constantly evolving, and the editorial offerings from Dictionary.com shine a light on how language is being used. From pop culture to idioms and grammar advice, there’s always something new to learn from Dictionary.com.
As the premier thesaurus on the web Thesaurus.com provides users with over 550,000 synonyms and a suite of tools that simplify the writing process. Thesaurus.com’s proprietary relevance, complexity, and length filters, introduced in the first update to any thesaurus in over 160 years, help anyone quickly find the perfect word.
1999
Word of the Day Launched
2004
Acquired the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, the foundation of Dictionary.com’s proprietary dictionary
2008
IAC acquired Dictionary.com
2009
Surpassed 50 Million monthly users
2009
First iOS app launched in the App Store
2010
First Android app launched in the Google Play Store
2014
Surpassed 70 Million monthly users
2015
Surpassed 100 Million app downloads
2015
20th Anniversary
2018
Rock Holdings acquired Dictionary.com
2020
Our door is always open and we invite you into our world, where words live and come to life
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