Online Dictionary Recommendations

Users recommend and discuss online dictionaries like Wiktionary, Webster 1913, Oxford APIs, Urban Dictionary, and tools for word lookups, translations, etymologies, and features such as auto-highlighting and multilingual support.

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guerrilla Oct 12, 2021 View on HN

Wiktionary is excellent for this too.

throwaway98797 Oct 17, 2022 View on HN

gives webster 1913 dictionary vibessee: http://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary

aarvy Oct 24, 2022 View on HN

Dictozo saves definitions and translations of words from any webpage, and auto highlights them on every next occurrence on any different web page. So you don't need to search for them again

porker Jan 29, 2013 View on HN

Nice! Could you mix in some foreign dictionaries too? When I have a word, I'd like to see alternatives for it in French, Spanish, Nordic, Italian, Japanese (English-spelling) etc... lets me be creative and keep the central theme of my brand present :)

pbz Jun 10, 2010 View on HN

I miss the automatic dictionary entries for the words you searched; couldn't find a way to turn that back on...

roryisok Oct 19, 2018 View on HN

Nice, been looking for an open source dictionary!

pierrefar Jan 1, 2011 View on HN

Would WordNet or Wiktionary work for you?

afry1 Oct 29, 2021 View on HN

Indeed there is! https://developer.oxforddictionaries.com/

stjohnswarts Jan 25, 2021 View on HN

Maybe you should invest in a dictionary instead...

Steko Oct 12, 2018 View on HN

!wikt is also very useful for wiktionary