Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Description
Get America's most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier iOS app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building. Key Features: * Offline access: Complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you're connected * Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it * Word of the Day: learn a new word every day * Word Games: fun, fast quizzes to test your vocabulary * Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you * Favorite Word Syncing Through iCloud: share your favorites between devices and on the Web * In-app purchase: an ad-free experience + access to Kids, Medical, and Legal dictionaries * For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index * Apple Watch Extension: see the Word of the Day and find watch-sized definitions with voice search Expert Word Guidance: * Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use * Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context * Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots Terms of Use: https://www.merriam-webster.com/terms-of-use
What's New
Fixes crash for iOS 16 users
Details
- Developer
- Merriam-Webster, Inc.
- Main Category
- Reference
- Version
- 5.9.4
- Version Release
- 2026-06-08
- Initial Release
- 2010-12-14
- Size
- 216 MB
- Age Rating
- 12+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- com.m-w.dictionary
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.80 (320,627)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-16
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
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User Reviews
The app is very helpful when I come accross words I don‘t know in my books.I also really like their quiz.overall, 5 stars.
Highly recommend their word of the day and vocabulary games which are free! If you want no ads you can get the paid version. All the other apps are paid or not very good.
너무 좋다
👍👍👍
Has almost all the words! Easy to understand and fast at type explains it perfectly!
우연히 알게되어서 결제하고 쓰는데 영어공부하기 좋습니다. 충분한 설명과 동의어 ux도 만족스럽구요. 무엇보다 매일매일 제공되는 단어가 유익합니다 요즘 같은 시대에도 영어사전을 결제해야하는 이유를 이 앱이 알려주네요^^
何社かの英英辞典を試してこちらに辿り着きました。web版同様、インターフェースの使い心地はとても良いです。タブで一般用、キッズ用、（単語によって）医療用の解釈、類語と対義語が用意されているのもとても使いやすい良いです。また発音音声は男性ですが声は低すぎず高すぎず聴き取りやすいです。
Needless to say that it is the very very very good, useful, helpful dictionary.
어떻게 sulfurous를 적으면 to sulfur가 나와요? 숙제 할때 쓰면 definition 적기도 어렵고 이런 부분좀 개선 해주세요. 맨날 이래요. 다른 유의어는 다 좋은데 쉽게 해석 부탁드립니다. 위에 떠서 5점드리지, 실제로는 2점
I’m using this dictionary with joyful while studying English
Abundant vocabulary, a word can be pronounced for free, thesaurus as well as dictionary, passage examples, and meaning updated American English This is the best dictionary I’ve ever used. I’m lucky to be able to use this as an app. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
사용하기 편하고 다양한 뜻이 잘 나타나보여서 편리하다. 또 새롭게 알 수 있는 게 많은 게임도 있어서 재밌다.
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