Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.8 326002 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5EeBee

   Love love love this app, misspelling and grown people not knowing how to use verbally or written English drives me crazy. Therefore I drive people crazy. I’m Native America, knowing about our history and how our Native language was stolen makes me even more determined to speak and write English correctly. I will never understand the white man trying to assimilate us into their culture, making us learn their language yet they couldn’t even teach us how to speak and write it properly. I get so tired of hearing people make fun of us and how we talk. I’ve often wondered if we had to learn English because the invaders wasn’t smart enough to learn our language. Thank you so much for this wonderful app. I just wished more people used it. It is awesome!!! I live in NC, so I talk with that old southern draw, but for some reason we Lumbee still have a way of speaking the southern dialect a little different than other southerners even here. I don’t care where I go people want to hear me talk, or we can be in a different part of NC, well for that matter anywhere in the USA away (Robeson County NC), someone will hear us or we’ll here them and it’s on…!! @“Hey cuz you from RobesonCounty?” “Where you from and whose yer people?” Anyhow I love home and my “people.” I hope it never changes, every country, state and city needs to learn and keep alive the things that keeps them interesting, different and unique. 🪶🦅

   Evon B · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Extreme Language Tool

   Definitely important for anyone who's anyone and cares about learning the meaning of unknown words but also has a great thesaurus. This Timeless classic company is Basically offering a free and simple dictionary and thesaurus that's just plainly so very easy use. Some small ads for this version but they offer a ad free unlimited use offer for $1.99 for a entire year which is about 60% off the asking price of $5 for the full version when purchased through the App Store. The full version also allows you to view the dictionary/thesaurus offline for when your in the terrible sticky situation of not having a way to connect your device to an available internet connection /network. I 100 % recommend this app and dictionary without any bias to the company or its logo but more so for functionality and what the app was created for and truly offers. Thank you Merrimack-Webster for offering a free version with no trial limitation and for allowing us, the consumer, to decide on our own if we want or need to purchase the full version and without hassle or force to purchase it. Amazing how your company has managed to stay not only relevant and maintained the ability to advance into this new age of technology and exponentially grow not only as a brand but as a manufacturing company with a ageless product that continues to grow larger and more vast with the years. Your product not only allows us to all become better writers and speakers over time but potentially help guide to the expansion of a patrons personal vocabulary and terms which we use on a daily basis. Kudos and much obliges Merrimack-Webster for over 189 years of experience and dedication to its true goal of teaching the ever growing English language.

   Rico Bueno · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Best Word of the Day App + Fun Games

   I used to read constantly in my youth and into my twenties but it’s so difficult to find ample time to physically crack open a book these days and read the amount of content that satisfies me, so I started listening to more audiobooks to keep up with my “reading” while performing menial tasks like washing dishes and cleaning floors/etc. But I have to admit my vocabulary unfortunately seems to be paying the price for this convenience! But the WOTD calendar and word games help to continue the expansion of my vocabulary, and while sometimes they are words I already know they are usually words that can be used in writing and sometimes even every day conversation, and it’s nice to be reminded of those fleeting words that aren’t quite seared into memory. There are so many WOTD calendars/apps that seem to think finding the most useless, nonsensical and out of date words in the English language is some great accomplishment, but it’s a waste of everyone’s time in my opinion. The point is to expand the vocabulary of words still in use, or words that at least have an interesting backstory... and Merriam Webster does just that in my opinion. Check out the games as well, fun and educational for all levels of proficiency!

   XmasYvonne · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Love this app

   I stumbled across the Word of the Day a few years ago, and was getting it in my email every morning. I word share it on social media every day. But then it stopped coming. Seriously, MW, what’s up with that? I checked my spam folder, I tried unsubscribing and then subscribing again, but nothing. It just would not send. (I know...this doesn’t really seem like a 5 star review, does it? Stay with me, it gets better. 😂) But finally it dawned on me that I was using the website a lot to look up words, either in the dictionary or the thesaurus, and that I should just look for the app. Hey, I’m 62 and a little slow with technology, OK? I love the app, and I use every day...usually several times a day. I look up meanings of unfamiliar words, of course. But I use the thesaurus a lot. When I am writing an email, or text, or posting on social media I frequently find myself searching my brain for a word that I know is perfect for the context, but my brain just can’t seem to grab onto. (Old and slow, remember?) I go to the thesaurus and start putting in words that are similar, but not quite what I’m looking for. Most of the time, I find the word I want. Occasionally I don’t, but I do find an acceptable substitute. I still check out the WOD, and share it on social media. And I am absolutely LOVING the way they subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) throw shade at the current President and administration. It’s a master class in shade throwing. 😎😂

   ciaddict · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Great addition to phone!

   This has always been my number one dictionary to pick up first and the one I always referred to when expanding my vocabulary and to aid my understanding of the different meanings of a word based on the context it’s used in. I remember when I was a little kid I would just pick up a dictionary (especially Merriam-Webster), sit down, and start reading through it randomly learning new words. Now with this App on my phone I do like the idea of having a dictionary with me everywhere I go, that I can literally carry around with me in my pocket. Whenever I bring it up to check something I don’t even have to turn a single page to find the word I’m looking up. I guess I just appreciate the multitude of uses that technology brings us, the fact that I already appreciated the physical book itself before smartphones even existed and that I just like everyone else had to remember and or write down everyone’s landline number has something to do with it too. This App is definitely useful to have, and it has come in-handy for me on numerous occasions. So far for me it has been working smoothly, no glitches or anything. I absolutely recommend this app if your looking for a good reputable dictionary to have as a part of your phone’s abilities.

   Best Apple InLaX · 30 Aug 2026

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