The English Dictionary

The English dictionary on WordReference is not a standard dictionary.  We use the WordNet "lexical database" developed at Princeton University.  If you use it for a while, you will see that there are a number of differences between it and a standard dictionary, especially as we have it currently implemented.

Please use the search box above to look up a word.

One of the major advantages is the "category tree" that has many words grouped into sets of synonyms.  This is of special use for the learner of foreign languages, who is the main visitor at WordReference.

This WordNet database includes more than 150,000 terms.