A Selection of Best Android Dictionary Apps

These apps come as a handy and fast solution for finding a wordӳ definition and testing oneӳ knowledge of English, accompanied with other useful features that vary per application.

The Dictionary.com app comprises over 375,000 words and definitions and nearly 300,000 synonyms and antonyms.

It is rightfully regarded as one of the best Android dictionary apps. Its search option supports both typed in and voice search features, i.e. if you are not sure of the wordӳ spelling you can pronounce it into the phone and the app will display the word together with its origin, history, examples of usage and audio recording of its pronunciation. Among other popular features supported by this app are also the Hot Word blog, the Word of the Day website and some others.

The Urban Dictionary application contains words from Urbandictionary.com website that is famous for its slang oriented content that cannot be found in standard dictionaries.

Reflected here are the latest slang terms and their meanings, its database being mainly user-generated. Apart from its practical usefulness it may be also a great source of fun. The app has a share function and a home screen widget, as well as a daily word feature and that of viewing random slang terms.

Free Dictionary Org app supports both typed in and voice search features and provides meanings and definitions of the words, their pronunciation and synonyms.

Users can also test their vocabulary skills playing the game that this app provides.

The Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus app is among the most expensive ($19.99) Android phone apps.

The dictionary, available both in online and downloadable versions, contains over 200,000 words with their definitions as well as over 300,000 synonyms.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary app, containing only 75,000 entries, has a number of features other similar apps donӴ have.

This app recognizes several grammatical forms of the searched word (not just one), and the words may be looked up via dictionary widget directly from the home screen. This app supports also the feature of voice search and gives the correct pronunciation of each word. Word of the Day, as and option to expand your vocabulary, is also available with this app.