Apps_ Dictionaries and Vocabulary Tools

Dictionaries & Vocabulary Tools

Sometimes a word is on the tip of your tongue, and you just can’t get it out. Mobile dictionary apps, word lists, and vocabulary practice tools are a great way not only to learn new words, but to figure out how to explain what you’re trying to say in multiple ways, when that one crucial word just slips your mind.

Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 – English

This simple spelling and phonics tool can increase the language skills of children or beginners in English. It is easy to use and goes past simple memorization to teach the actual rules of language.
Download Here — iTunes
The Free Dictionary

This dictionary app is a comprehensive dictionary of English, Spanish, French, and 11 other languages. It also offers a translation option.
Download Here — Google Play
Dictionary.com w/ English Learner’s Dictionary

The official Dictionary.com app offers great features including idioms and phrases, history of words, and spelling suggestions. These features are all important for English learners.
Download Here — Google Play
Merriam Webster Learner’s Dictionary

Merriam Webster is one of the most well-known creators of English dictionaries. This learner’s dictionary offers full, clear definitions and numerous usage examples for languages learners.
Download Here — iTunes
Learn English 6000 Words

This language learning app plays like a game. Users learn over 6000 vocabulary words with illustrations, phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation recordings.
Download Here — Google Play
Offline English Dictionary

This Blackberry dictionary app gives 130.000 words and definitions. It has several distinct features, such as a saved word list from previous searches, and can be used offline.
Download Here — Xapps
Comparative Adjectives

Kids can begin to understand comparison and adjectives as they learn English with this Comparative Adjectives app. Description and understanding characteristics are at the core of any language, and this app helps kids grasp that basic skill early on through images and examples.
Download Here — iTunes
Spell & Listen cards – the talking flashcards for spelling

This app is designed for kids 3 – 10. Photo flashcard word puzzles challenge kids to learn spelling and reading, and are organized in increasing order of difficulty so that once they master certain words, they can continue to grow their vocabulary.
Download Here — iTunes
Chambers Dictionary

This English dictionary provides anyone with English language questions with answers and definitions. Definitions from every category are included, including science, technology and contemporary culture.
Download Here — iTunes
LEO Dictionaries

This Windows Phone app is an English dictionary, offering the same content that is available from the online LEO dictionary. Users can access definitions for unknown words and increase their vocabulary.
Download Here — LEO.org
WordWeb Dictionary

This English dictionary and thesaurus is great for English language learners. Some of its features include not only fast searches and word definitions, but sounds-like and often-confused with words, as well as usage examples.
Download Here — iTunes
Snapanda-English-Dictionary

A dictionary built for the mobile device, SnaPanda makes use of the camera feature to identify and look up words in English.
Download Here — iTunes
WordBook(universal) – English Dictionary and Thesaurus

WordBook(Universal) – English Dictionary and Thesaurus is displays impressive prowess when it comes to its capabilities and the built-in spell checker makes it much easier to catch mistakes. The app has over 120,000 pronunciation guides and 70,000 usage samples as well.
Download Here — iTunes
Vocopedia lite

This app helps build a person’s English vocabulary through synonyms and examples. It’s a great prep tool for exams like the GRE, SAT, TOEFL and CAT.
Download Here — Google Play
Longman Dictionary

Longman Dictionary is an innovative tool for keeping one of the best dictionaries at your fingertips with this app. There are a range of different add-ons contained within the app, including phrasal verbs, English-Japanese Dictionary, key words, and more.
Download Here — Pearson
Macmillan Dictionary

Macmillian Dictionary is heralded for their English pronunciation aid and unique ability to help students and teachers. By taking an approach based on Adrian Underhill’s Sound Foundations, they’ve been able to craft an app that is easy to use and engaging.
Download Here — SoundsPronApp
Advanced English Dictionary

Advanced English Dictionary has tallied over a million downloads and is one of the most comprehensive apps for the English language. The app has over 400,000 entries, so users can depend on its assured quality.
Download Here — Windows Phone
15500 Useful English Phrases

This app helps those learning English take their knowledge to the next level by offering the most important phrases to know to help communicate effectively. These include idioms, public speaking phrases, business phrases, and things to say in conversation.
Download Here — iTunes
iLearning – Vocabulary Trainer

iLearning is an efficient vocabulary trainer for school, education and personal purposes. All learning units are displayed on the app, showing the last rate of the correct answers, the lowest and highest learning level reached so far using colors, and the remaining time in days until vocabularies should be recalled.
Download Here — iTunes
Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus

With Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus, nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms, interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. In addition to the straightforward definition, the dictionary shows how each word is linked to other words in terms of synonyms, opposites and similar words, but also hyponyms and hyperlinks within the group. The resulting network of meaningfully related words and concepts helps you to better understand the word meanings, facilitates the quick finding of the correct meaning and allows you to quickly memorize words.
Download Here — iTunes