Merriam-Webster Dictionary App Reviews

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Oma Brady. I’ve been using Merriam-Webster Dictionary for almost two decades, and I have to say that is the most useful tool I’ve had in my endeavor to learn English. I love the way this dictionary explains the definition of each word. Also, the sentences that are included as examples on how to use those words are very helpful. I love it! I use this dictionary all the time. I work as a English/Spanish Certified Court Interpreter so I hear new, sophisticated words on a daily basis. Whenever that happens, I access the app on my cell phone to look up the meaning of those words immediately. If I don’t have time to read it, then I save it and read it later. Merrim-Webster is a valuable, accessible, easy to use dictionary for me to increase my knowledge of the English language.

Frustrating. I don’t understand why there would be two versions of this app in the App Store, a paid and unpaid. When the unpaid version has TONS of words that can’t even be accessed without being prompted to buy the full version. In addition to that, every third word lookup seems to bring up an advertisement that cannot be exited out from. Just a never-ending pop up that you have to close and restart the app just to get out of. If this is the FREE version, than advertisements are necessary, I get that. But at least give me the option to close out of it after 15-20 seconds or something. Also, why put in words with definitions that are unavailable, unless you pay? Isn’t there a whole other app for that? If I’m limited to only a certain number of words, make that clear. Don’t go around teasing this whole array of words that aren’t even accessible to the free-using people that chose to install the app. I downloaded for the sake of convenience. Seemed like this would be a solid alternative to using google every time I needed quick access to a definition. I mean this is a DICTIONARY, right? Back to google it is.

Wonderful!. The search for words is fast and easy; the definitions straightforward. I’ve always kept a dictionary next to me when reading as guessing the meaning of unfamiliar words based on the context in which they appear could mean me misunderstanding the authors point. What a joy it is to cast aside my large and heavy printed edition and just keep my phone with this app next to me. It’s physically easier, it’s more comfortable (the dictionary on a sofa is inherently in the way), and it’s certainly much much faster to look things up this way. And, it’s rare when this app doesn’t contain the word I am looking for. I will always keep my printed dictionary for sentimental reasons, but in all reality, looking words up here makes so much more sense.

Numerous great features. Top favorite features: Keeps a search history automatically. Looking up multiple words and forget the meaning of one, go to “recent”. There’s a list in the order they where originally searched. Favorites. Hit the heart icon and the word is saved for ease of retrieval. It will still be in the “recent” list, but if you look up a lot of words like I do, “favorites” becomes a time saver. Hit the speaker icon and the app will pronounce the word for you. Ton of features to explore. These are just my favorites. Almost forgot my version is free, but instead of jumping you to a commercial after you look up a few words, it has ad banners you can read or ingnore but don’t actually interrupt what you’re doing. Love it!

Webster vs Merriam-Webster dictionary. Years ago I purchased the Webster’s 3rd international dictionary for my iPad and it was wonderful and the price was outrageous. It was about $79. But my wife has a masters in linguistics so it was well worth it. Then one day it was gone and an updated replacement was the much more limited Merriam-Webster dictionary. What a let down after having the really useful, and informative informative version. To add insult to injury, the company now wants me to pay a yearly fee to just get rid of the ads, and even more money to get a richer version of this new limited replacement. When you pay $79 for an app, the least they could do would be to give you one without ads when they replace the original with a watered down version. The new version is OK but I am forced back to using the hard backed book version when at home and I sure don’t lug it around with me so I’m stuck with the puny app version when away from home. What a disappointment.

My concern about the dictionary/thesaurus. It’s a good dictionary because it has a thesaurus for you to use if you’re having trouble with something like a word, synonym, or an antonym you can look it up because I’m doing all my homework assignments from my English 3 class but otherwise I’m sure some of y’all got it to and knows what to do with it you know I’m in the 11th grade (junior) and the common sense vs. context clues will pop up into your brains. It will help you out with lots and lots of stuff they’ll fight to get all the help that you’ll be needed for and if y’all are struggling and teachers won’t tell you how or what to do with whatever you’re talking about there’s not going to be no fussing, wining, or complaining.

Lost its efficiency.... I still really love the app, it’s so useful for my writing, but since one of the recent updates you have to pay a yearly subscription to be able to see the definition for certain words, whereas before the update I could see the definition for those very same words without needing to pay, it’s a little disappointing that this app has went in the direction of payed subscriptions, I would have bought the payed version gladly if it were a one time payment, but not everyone is going to want to worry about a subscription, even if it is yearly. I know you have to make your money somehow, so I do understand, but I wish it were a one time payment instead of subscription...The reason I got this app is because I wanted an offline dictionary and it has worked very well, but if I can’t find the words in the app that I need then I probably will have to use google, which is beside the point. It’s a great app, I am just not one for subscriptions. (The games are really fun though.) (:

WOD and playing the games.. I look forward to the WOD. I plan my day accordingly to see how many ways that I’m, able to incorporate the WOD. Also, I enjoy playing the game! I keep playing until my phone gets hot to hold. Also, the game will slow down, immensely! I find myself saying, I’ll stop when I’ve reached 10 in a row. That has yet to happen, I tried using my stylus in hopes that it should help. To no avail, I find myself holding my phone. That way I’m able to continue playing the game. I just purchased the, IPhone X-R. I’m not sure what’s going on. Regardless, I’ll continue playing the game and all that it offers, until it becomes too slow or to hot. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d greatly appreciate any advice!

The Great Equalizer. Most times both men and women use words to which they grew up with. However, most conflicts are started or taken to higher levels simply, because of the choice of words we use towards each other in society. When using words lightly without true understanding and sometimes origin , can serve as a disaster between individuals. The human tongue can be used as a sword intentionally and unintentionally. The great equalizer in communication is to seek understanding for yourself first with words. Now, when you communicate casually, in relationships, or business with others; we have both simple and complex words at our disposal to communicate effectively. The Webster app serves as a tool to assist us with the true understanding of words and the success deployment of words. By Rick J. Lewis

Great, and Helpful, App. I’m still in school, so something like a portable dictionary can be really handy. Though I don’t pay for the premium so I can’t look up everything(especially names) it’s still extremely helpful. Sometimes I hear this strange word on TV or see it in a novel I’m reading and wonder what it is. Sometimes I’m doing school and something asks for the exact definition of a word. Instead it trooping to my basement and flipping for ages through gigantic, long, make your eyes bleed pages, I turn to my phone charging behind me and switch on this app. I’m also a small time writer, so the thesaurus is REALLY helpful when looking for that just right word to fit your story and writing style. I also love the quizzes-they’re really unique and honestly do teach me words. It’s a little tempting slice of the Quissitive app. I can’t wait until next week’s comes out. This also very easy to navigate, and everything is clear and concise-so if your not sure you want to use some electronic confusing dictionary, never mind that. Webster is just a few clicks and you’re to your definitions, and one more easy to see button will lead you to the thesaurus. Making an account is easy too! Great app overall; It’s helped me a ton through school, writing, and my endeavors to increase my vocabulary. Thanks, Merriam Webster! No complaints here on my part.

Satisfied ☺️. I rated it 1 star because most people read the negative reviews first. This app not only gives you clear definitions and examples of words that can help you improve your vocabulary, but it also has little games to test it! Although it’s game section is not as flashy and competitive as other word games out there, it gets the job done if you are looking for a way to improve your vocabulary skills, reading skills, and comprehension skills. Sometimes the simplest things work the best. In order to remain good at something, one must continue to practice it. Only then would ones’ knowledge/skills progress. Literacy in all forms (reading, writing, speaking, hearing/comprehension) is a skill that needs practice daily, yet less people each day participate in it. It kinda makes you wonder/understand why people are the way they are, how it correlates to the construction of our society today/future, and how it reflects our treatment towards each other as human beings. Spread love and understanding, not hate and control.❤️✝️✊🏿🏳️‍🌈🚺

AMAZING APP MUST GET SUPER HELPFUL!!. This is an amazing app it works great and the word of the day is great I learn new words every day and the answers are imaginative and they use real references like in a book or a movie. Plus the user interface is really thought out. It’s really easy to maneuver. I find it difficult to exit the application, it is a very captivating app. A must get, every time a hear a word I do not recognize it’s very easy to look that same word up by voice or keypad very helpful. Much better than google or another online dictionary. With Merriam Webster it makes learning fun and with the thesaurus included it really is practical to have wether you’re a student that needs a pocket dictionary or a eager learner this app is for everyone! Thank you for such a great app Merriam Webster!

A Genuinely Fantastic App. I'm incredibly cynical of any and all commercialism, and I virtually never review any products I purchase as such. I seldom feel passionate enough about what I buy to espouse any of my feelings, negative or positive, but this case is an exception. This app provides the definitive dictionary of American English in its entirety, offline, for free. The UI is simple, friendly, and effective. Ads are totally unobtrusive. It is indispensable for discussions with friends and colleagues, reading, and many other situations. I find myself using it almost every day. I feel compelled to pay to eliminate ads solely because of the quality of it. To make use of something so great for nothing just makes me feel too guilty.

Best 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!

Ads aren’t bad. This is a great dictionary/thesaurus app that is very easy and quick to use. I’ve seen several reviews complaining about ads, but they really aren’t that bad. There’s usually a little one across the bottom, but it isn’t distracting. Also if you search another word for the second time during when you have the app open, it might pull up a still ad, but you can click the x immediately and get back to the dictionary. That’s all the ads it has. Not bad, especially if you just look up one or two words every once in a while. P.S. when I first got this app I had a little trouble finding the thesaurus, as there’s no obvious button to switch to it. Here’s how you get to it: when you click the search bar, the option pops up to search dictionary or thesaurus right below it. (Obviously you shouldn’t have the same problem if you use the dictionary first, but if you try to look for the thesaurus first, that’s how you do it.)

It’s the best for reading/writing!. I read books that often have unusual, or at least not in the common vernacular, words in them. I used to write them down and at the end of the day look them up in my physical dictionary or Encyclopedia set. Now I have one right in my pocket that is constantly being updated (my physical dictionary was from the early 1990s and encyclopedias given to me by my grandpa before he died when I was ten - I’m 30 now. New things are out there, new ideas, new ELEMENTS. And since I’m a writer, and I hate reusing a word too many times in an essay, paper, or story, the Thesaurus is a great and convenient tool that’s a nice little add on. Plus my family and I try to make up alternative definitions for the ‘Word of the Day’. Funniest or most outrageous wins. Try it! It awesome! Especially if you don’t know what the word means in the first place! Also, like me, if you are writing a story and need someone with the ranking of town mayor but in a tribal setting, the Thesaurus can actually give you the word you are looking for. I typed in ‘lord’ in the thesaurus and it gave me ‘nabob’ and ‘nawab’ two Urdu words for a local Muslim governor in the Mogul Empire (so like a mix between governor, lord, tax collector, and sheriff). If my story develops into neading a Muslim- type country, I can make sure the provinces have ‘nabobs’- cause now I know that word!

Took too long to find the word and showed least common definition. Searched for involute; it took about 45 seconds of a white screen with a loading bar to pull the word up and it showed the least technical usage not the formal usage which you would expect. I had been spoiled by successfully searching and finding definitions using a web browser which pops up the definition in the bar before you can even finish typing but I figured I’d download the dictionary just to have it and use it when offline etc, but I’d rather not delay my searching time by about 100x just to use the app especially when it didn’t even show the formal usage definition which by the way is “involved or intricate”. Ads are unappealing too. Every app these days has to sacrifice user experience to make an extra penny and it all unfortunate but I suppose in a world where you can put out basically any low level of product and still catch some users in the funnel; it’s worth it to the developers, as the pennies add up. You aren’t getting mine however, or any user who has respect for their experience .

Minor bugs but otherwise lovely. I’ve used your app for years when apple came out with widgets I paid for premium version but as that one doesn’t have a widget?! I use the free version in my widget. However the widget word of the day doesn’t update to reflect the new word instead it continues to show the word from the day I created the large widget. It does bring me to the correct word if I click on it however. It would be greatly appreciated if this could be resolved, & if the paid version of this app could get a widget - you can put either on watch which is nice. Overall a fantastic app & greatly excited that it continues to stay with the times (the dictionary/thesaurus). Highly recommend!

Good, but some ads can’t be closed. It’s a great source for many words and even meanings, however, some ads when they end and the X is available to close the ad, the X doesn’t work and I have to close and reset the ad and then search again. It does sometimes quit randomly as well. Although this is not a “serious” issue, it happens enough that I wanted to share this in my review. As an avid reader, I need to look up meanings, phrases, and the like and it becomes quite cumbersome to constantly close and restart the app again. Hoping that this review will be heeded by the developers and omitted soon. Its typically the ad with a dragon and the X is up by the time in the top right corner. There are a few tigers that also act this way, but the dragon seems to be the common culprit. It’s visible, but it doesn’t take action when pressed. I have tried multiple times, but it will not close.

Always room for improvement. I’ve always had a brand loyalty to Merriam Webster, I will admit, and can’t stand when people rely on the Google dictionary just given how inaccurate it can be. The MW dictionary app is a great tool to have, and its additional features and intuitiveness warrant five stars. Ads can be problematic at times. The exit boxes on the pop ups can be hard to hit. However, as someone who enjoys and at times is specifically looking for the etymology of words alongside their definitions, I’ve found the etymology section is often times lacking and for many words not even there. It would be great if that were improved and expanded; maybe collaboration with Etymonline is possible?

Premium App vs Subscription?. Great dictionary app! However, Merriam does not make clear the difference between the Premium app (one time payment of $4.99) and the Original app with a yearly subscription ($2.99/year and $5.99/year). The premium app lists all of it’s features in the App Store, but the Original (free) app says you pay $2.99 for removal of ads and $5.99 for “additional features”. There is no information about this on there website either, so how is a consumer supposed to decide on which to purchase? Will the Premium app eventually be phased out for just the subscription model? I purchased the $5.99 subscription before I knew about the Premium app. I remember there being information on the features before purchase. But now that I’ve purchased it, the section with the features has disappeared. I wasn’t aware of a one time payment premium app, so now I want to compare and see if I’m getting my money’s worth. This information needs to be readily available and in plain sight. Can someone from Merriam please respond with this information? I email you but got and auto response saying “ Due to the volume of correspondence we receive, we unfortunately cannot personally respond to each message” and the generic info included in that email did not answer my question. Otherwise great app. Best dictionary for Americans.

Dictionary: great, Ads: TERRIBLE. I typically don’t mind viewing ads for the trade off of a free ad but the pop up ads here are extremely bothersome. They “pop up” and take over the entire screen and shouting at you in an outrageously loud voice asking you to complete an action or interact with the ad in some way all while displaying the false appearance of an X in the upper right corner making you think you can click out of the ad, but nooo you can’t, the X is fake and doesn’t work so your only option is to close the app and reopen it. Then promptly after reopening the app another similar ad pops up and you go thru the same ordeal. Like I said I don’t mind viewing ads, but these ads are just outrageous. They are so loud and since you’re not expecting it, they totally catch you off guard and startle the hell out of you. I realize the remedy to this is paying for a subscription, but honestly I find these ads so rude and in your face that I’m turned off by the entire app and am considering uninstalling it and going back to the old dictionary app I was using before.

WTH. No dark mode?. Something as simple as a dark mode feature makes all the difference. I read at night on my iPad and love to use the dark mode feature in the books app. The room stays quite dark and I can read just fine that way. But when I use split screen mode on my iPad to have the dictionary off to the side I am forced to deal with the bright white background that bothers my eyes and ruins the whole darn experience. Now the whole idea of reading in the dark goes out the window, unless I tediously switch back and forth between each app in full screen mode. ANNOYING!!! You should definitely fire your app UI team for not having the capacity to notice small VALUABLE things such as this. How, then, can they be trusted to guarantee that’s your app is being kept modernized and ahead of the competition? I digress.

I am a convert!. I definitely used to be snobby about gadgetry for looking up words. “People can be so lazy! Like it’s SO HARD to open a dictionary..Give me a break!” Famous last words. When I was forced to buy a smart phone, I thought, “Well, MAYBE I’ll shell out a couple hundred bucks for the Oxford English Dictionary..” Again, snob much? Anyway, my son showed me the free MW app. (It’s always ‘the tech savvy kid’, right? AT FIRST I was furious because I would get stuck with ads or not find how to go back to opening page. Now that I’m getting more patient and practiced, my only problem with it is that I so distracted with antonyms, word history and all the other fun stuff now faster and easier to look up...Well, I lose precious time with novels just to wallow in my word obsession! HaHa! I guess there’s worse problems. AND I do realize that without the advertisers and their ads, I’d be buying that expensive OED! $!$! Many thanks to both MW and the ads that pay for my favorite new gizmo. I will now look up gizmo..my book will wait for another hour or two. 👌🏽📕📗📘📱🌚 All Night Long

Need More Time for Challenge Quizzes. I like the app and I love playing the weekly challenge games. However, I am considering not renewing my subscription because you guys are stingy with the challenge games and it is annoying. 10 seconds to read the question, think, analyze, and select the correct answer? The short time is especially noticeable since some of the questions are as long as a paragraph, in addition to the fact that we have to sometimes scroll down to see all four answer options because they’re so long. 10 seconds is not enough time. Give a time of at least 15 seconds time for each quiz question in every game. Remember, some users use these weekly challenges as an opportunity to further familiarize themselves with obscure words. Make the learning process and information retention a friendlier interaction, not tedious and undermining to users.

Help me when I spell the word wrong. I purchased this app because I listen to a lot of history books on Audible. when listening to the books, I often hear words that I’ve never heard before in French phrases that don’t make any sense to me. A couple words of encounter for the first time in the past couple days are peripatetic and calumny, for example. Call me a fool, but I guessed the spelling wrong on both these words by one letter, and as a result, obtain no results in search. In contrast, a quick DuckDuckGo search automatically corrected my spelling error and presented the Merriam-Webster dictionary page directly from the search results as the first result. I just find myself in a situation, where if I have Internet access, it makes much more sense to just search it in a web browser, then rather than use the app. The only time this app is of any use to me as if I am caught completely without Internet access and I need to access something off-line. Otherwise, I end up trying to search it in the app, and then just going to Google it instead. i’ll give me the app to stars Soli book as it doesn’t have a spelling correction future or offer any suggested similar spellings. I think that people like me, who hear the word rather than see it, needs to know about this lack of a feature before they purchase. If Merriam-Webster wishes to add this feature in the future, or if it’s already there and I just don’t know how to use it, I’ll upgrade my rating to five stars.

I can finally use a word in MY PERSONAL VOCABULARY. I love using this app...I always need a dictionary to look up descriptions...a small amount of big words are not used in MY dictionary due to my uncertainty of the correct use or meaning...there are of course many more uses of this app, but what I use it for, is to build my vocabulary...AND LEARN...every time I look up a word in this dictionary, I cant seem to do under 10 minutes...at least...lol...due to where each word takes me...once the word is opened, you can tap on any number of other words in describing that such word...by doing this, I am learning their description, their origins, their uses and their most amazing history in some cases...I love this app...the only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is because if u misspell the word in the end, you don’t get anymore options for the word your looking for and/or if you use the wrong vowel and can’t figure it out, it’s a bust...if the can find a way to give you options of different ways to spelling what u might be looking for, then you’d get 5 ⭐️!, BUT GREAT APPLICATION AND DICTIONARY...IVE ALWAYS LOVED WEBSTERS DICTIONARIES!...thank you AmyB

Useful and Educational. This app continues to be as convenient and (inherently) educational as always. It has been perfect when I needed to use it heavily: It has clear concise definitions and easy access to a plethora of tangents from the word you are currently looking at. It's database is vast and well-reknowned, and doubling as a thesaurus has been very helpful. Although, I must say, it hasn't had a few of the words I have looked up. However, the words I looked up were pretty niche and that's understandable to an extent. In casual use, (my primary use of it now) it's been perfect. I find what I'm looking for and learn stuff along the way. The word of the day is always a delightful nugget of knowledge, and I almost always find what I'm looking for fast.

Love 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. 😎😂

Definitions That I Feel are Reliable and Precise. I like using this app to search for the definitions of words that are unfamiliar to me. In fact, the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary was recommended to my classmates and I by my eighth-grade English teacher as the most reliable online dictionary source (for her class), so I actually feel that I am receiving precise and accurate definitions for words that I find unfamiliar as opposed to “Googl(ling)” them elsewhere. When I discovered that the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary had an app, I was sold; now I can search for definitions even quicker than before via this app on my cellphone instead of my laptop. Between seeing “big words” in the books that I read and wanting to know if I am really using a word in the correct context, this app really comes in handy for me.

Great 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.

Yikes. Look. Like everyone I USED to read books. (Books are small, square things that hold paper ((paper is a man-made product of trees)) (((trees are them large stand up things with green things on em, they live outside))) with typing on the pages). But FF 20 years and my vocabulary is like max 10 words. So getting this app makes me see that a) Jesus Christ I need to read a real book again and b) my memory recollection still works. So this app for the vocabulary quiz is fan-bloody-tastic. When my internet is out (I’ve got like adult ADHD so I need to look at reddit or an app or a game) this is my new go-to app. I just keep trying to unlock the vocabulary quiz levels. It kind of makes me miss university and writing thesis papers lol omg that’s sad. But it’s also a mind game to try to use big words and confuse everyone so you can be like yeah I got a vocab wassup lol anyway 10/10

A Must-Have App. First, let’s face it, this is Miriam-Webster. The app is basically the electronic version of their hard cover books. So synonyms, antonyms and the like, are included. I sometimes will use it as a Thesaurus. What’s really cool is the audio pronunciation feature! This is really handy when you come upon a new word and don’t know how to pronounce it. I really like the way this dictionary app helps you quickly find the word you are searching for, especially if you aren’t sure how to spell it! As you type in each letter of the subject word, the auto fill feature starts to list possible words. You can select your word when it comes up on the list, or keep typing until your word comes up. It’s also a quick and easy way to learn how to spell!

Great app!!. A+ on the app. Easy search for dictionary and/or thesaurus, even offline! Also includes online audio pronunciation. Favorite words and view your recent searches. I especially enjoy the Word of the Day and the quizzes. It even gives a new weekly quiz each week. (Internet access necessary to receive Word of the Day and weekly quizzes, then they are available offline.) I never paid for anything and have never gotten ads. Like most apps it has bugs... particularly a problem with the search bar dropping down from the top of the screen. This is especially annoying when you're trying to play a quiz game and it covers the countdown time and score. It simply does this randomly. Hopefully they will fix this issue soon. Also there are no back arrows. If you're wondering how to go back... just swipe away from the left edge of the screen. The same method can be used for moving forward to a previous screen (after going back). Simply swipe away from the right side. Why are you waiting? Download now and enjoy!!

Burtart1. Being bilingual is a privilege. However being able to speak Spanish and English, the two most frequently used languages in the world today can also be challenging. Especially when you have grown and live in multicultural society. Speaking or writing both languages correctly is very important if you want to have good and clear communication. A decade ago one would need time and plenty of space to accommodate books, notes and a couple of dictionaries on ones desk to read, write and check your spelling. Correct pronunciation was a challenge by itself. Merriam Webster simplified it all with this app. Especially when the iPhone has become my personal desk. I do a lot of reading, research and writing in social media. I also have public speaking engagements where correct and proper grammar is important. This app has helped me accomplish it all, allowing me to express myself clearly to the world.

They broke something. I have been using this app for years and always had the red title screen when I clicked it. After I looked up a word, I always would tap the back arrow to return to the initial screen. The back arrow is no longer there. I am disappointed and irritated. It changes the whole feel. Yes, there is a bar to go back to previously seen words, but I normally don't need to go back, as I have already seen that definition. Maybe they have a developer with a really poor memory. UPDATE: The developer responded that "You can still go back at anytime by swiping from the left side of the screen." My question is why they think that's good enough. There is no help in the app to tell you that. The FAQ on the m-w website doesn't mention it either. Do you expect your longtime users to read your minds? Just put it back, please. That made it obvious and intuitive, which are two important qualities in an app. MORE: Swiping from the left side worked a couple of times but is not working now.

It can challenge me. I have an excellent vocabulary proven by many tests and games of this type. In one hour (while paying attention to the news) I played all three games and reached the top competency of all three as well as trying to score no mistakes in the least amount of time. I have had smart phones since they have been available and have resisted until now playing any without someone (my sister, usually) trying to talk me into it. The Mirriam Webster app games broke through my resistance. Even the “beyond difficulty” level is not impossibly difficult, but there are words and pictures (What is This?) and the True and False questions that I don’t know. That is where my fun comes from - learning something I hadn’t previously known. I also learned that some of the questions have rather nit-picky answers. Some of the questions require somewhat closer reading than I gave, sacrificing the closer reading for the sake of speedy answers. But, it is only a game played for my own amusement. I am not going to get my knickers in a twist if I am not perfect. Didn’t Watson prove superior to any human competitors? Isn’t that the point of AI? Scary, but true! Lizzibet

EeBee. 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!!!

Best dictionary. Forget about the euro trash British spellings. Merriam Webster will teach you how to spell words like a freedom fighter emanating from the land of the free. Spell words like a free man, will ya? All levity aside, I owe a great deal to Merriam Webster since it’s the only dictionary app that lets me save words and idioms. I regularly pull up saved words and go over the expressions I’ve saved recently. It’s also come in handy during a parlor game where each person writes down an expression—preferably an idiom with a vivid image—pass it on to the next person who’ll draw the expression. “Throw down the gauntlet” was my idiom of choice and there’s only so much stick figures can do, I’ll tell you that much. Anyway, if you haven’t installed Merriam Webster, you’re missing out

Great for learning!. First, it’s awesome for providing the spoken pronunciation of the word you are looking up. Very helpful if you’re only familiar with a certain word because you keep coming across it in your reading. I like that the definitions go into great detail about the origins of the words. Each entry also includes similar words so you really get a feel for a variety of words that also pertains to what you’re looking up. Second, the games are actually really fun and I’ve learned a ton of new vocabulary. It also helps build your knowledge base so you can more easily determine the definition of a word based on context when you are reading certain things. And it truly is fun to try to increase your personal best. If you repeat a level, the words change so you aren’t just memorizing things. Very useful little app. I learn new things every time I open it up.

This app greatly fills my needs. I love being able to carry a dictionary with me everywhere I go, and it is still mostly accessible offline, I always come across words and I know what they mean but not really and looking them up is very important and beneficial for me especially when reading the Bible, I come across a world and don’t full understand what’s trying to be translated and it helps to stop and look it up, or I come across words online and to stop and look them up is very convenient, and the app is simple to use and add supported there is a version where you pay and get more but so far I have access to every word I’ve looked up it even has a button and a voice will say the word which is nice, and there are some word games you can play but I don’t. I haven’t had other dictionary apps this is all I e needed so far as f I ever don’t find what I need here I wind up googling a word and that is a good substitute but not always an option

Started as a tool for Scrabble, but find myself using it more and more. Per the heading, I thought this would be handy for scrabble, but otherwise didn’t anticipate much of a need for it. Then I discovered the speaker button found in the pronunciation section for each word. As a voracious reader, I’ve seriously been wishing for this all of my life. The phonetic symbols are useful, but there’s something reassuring about hearing the words spoken. And honestly, it was never worth the effort to look up the pronunciation of a word, since the pronunciation seemed obvious (classic pitfall). Today I clicked the word of the day feature for the first time, (helpfully archived if you’re in the mood to do some learning), and I was finally inspired to write a review. Many words may be familiar, but they also include plenty of unusual words that have fallen out of common usage. What I like the most is coming across the words that I understand, but which perhaps have a nuance or specificity that I had previously missed (looking up specificity after I finish this review). Even if you don’t think you’ll use this app much, you may be surprised. Very useful and highly recommended.

Happy I Made The Purchase. First no ads! The price is cheap, the definitions are accepted everywhere in the US, including Court documents; the definitions are clear; it’s quick compared to other ways - which quick is very good sometimes; it’s constantly updated; copy and paste since we are mostly on technology. For a few bucks a year - I’m very happy - costs less than the book that you cannot do any of this with. If words are important to you (which they should be — you need to say what you mean and mean what you say) then it’s nice to know why you’re saying and different ways of explaining - great for versatility. But I don’t want to do all their advertising for them, they don’t pay me! So it’s good buy it, worth it.

Pretty good. One of the features I like the most is the oral annunciation that is provided with each word. I prefer to hear the word’s annunciation rather than sounding it out and assuming I’m right. I also like the word of the day feature. I do wish there was a ‘back’ button feature. You can use the ‘recent’ selection in the drop down menu but it is limited in its capability. A simple back arrow that is available on each page would drastically improve the UI/UX. Also not all words are treated the same. Many words have more descriptions, better examples, history etc. Some of that I believe can be attributed to the word itself, but some words like “festinate” still have slim to no definitions, synonyms, antonyms, examples etc. Overall it is pretty good and I would recommend it.

Great. My favorite app.. Great tool while reading articles. I had to write words at the end of book along with the page number, and look them up latter in a paper dictionary. With the pager number, I could go back to the sentence, to see the meaning used in the text. Now I can do both when encountering an unknown word. Please add a “sounds like” feature; I am a horrible speller of words I hear. I am sunk, when hearing words like pneumonia or psychology and miss the first letter. There is no way I can add letters to make the dictionary recognize the word I want. Missing the correct vowel also makes it difficult to get close to the correct word. I have difficulty picking the correct A, E, I, sometimes O for the correct sound. Thank you.

Word of the day. Downloading the app right now with high hopes. Was looking for an app that will give me a word each day to learn. I’ve been searching through many app, but most of them had complains abt ads that would even give u the time to finish reading info abt a word. The apps’ excuse was that they needed ads to survive. Well, i guess it’s kinda true, but not for me. I am too impatient to go through that. I finally found this one. Being a big website and app, i am hoping i wouldn’t have to go through ads just to check out a “word of the day.” what convinced me was the review of user Cidaddict (if i remember correctly) mentioning emails abt “word of the day” and right below his review an update history mentioning the app now had word of the day as widget. Deal! I’m in! Let’s see how it goes. I would update if i have to give less stars. If I do not update my review, consider me deeply satisfied.

Dark Mode is amazing. Large text too!!!. Been a fan of the Merriam-Webster dictionary for years. The latest release now includes Dark Mode. The app looks amazing in Dark Mode. They said they also made accessibility improvements. I was surprised to see the app now fully supports large text sizes. Most apps ignore the text size in system preferences but not Merriam-Webster. I no longer need my glasses when using the app. All I can say is WOW! Thanks for the great update. I did purchase the subscription for $5.99 a year. A great deal for an app that keeps getting better with each update. $5.99 a year for the best definitions, dark mode, accessibility, word of the day and fun word quizzes…perfect.

Simply the best!. I’m an unusual person who loves to read the dictionary for fun. I blame both my father who was an incredible wordsmith (and who made up games to encourage my sibs and me to expand and then use our new vocabularies) and my 4th grade teacher who taught us to love not only learning new vocabulary words but to look at how a word is put together (prefixes, suffixes, root words) and to become word detectives by looking for certain characteristics that would give away the national origin of the word. I’m also an avid reader who underlines any word I don’t know and then writes the definition in the margin of the page the word is on. Through the years I’ve tried using a variety of different dictionaries, but the one that I trust most is Merriam-Webster. It gives me the most complete information that I need about pronunciation(s), definitions, word origin (one of my favorite bits) plus synonyms, antonyms, and proper usage of the word. The games are great fun and keep me on my toes, so to speak, helping me sharpen my skills and add new words to my vocabulary. No other dictionary does so much and does it so well! Many thanks.

Sigh... Well, I’m warming to it.. This is a review of Version 4.3. Used to love it, now I hate it. It’s really pretty, but the print is so small and dim I can’t read it. I never had any problems with the previous version. Now it’s worthless to me. Guess I’ll try to reload the old iPad-only app. Update (and up to three stars from two): Okay, I just discovered you can "pinch" to enlarge the font, but then it doesn’t fit the screen and you have to slide it back and forth to read little bits of the entry at a time. It would be much better if, when resizing, the text would wrap around to fit the visible dimensions of the screen. Update 2 (up to four stars): Okay, I’m warming up to it. Another reviewer mentioned that they wished you could "back-arrow" to return to the home screen. I’ll admit that annoyed me as well, but the developer's response (swipe from the left side of the screen) solved that problem for me. And I like how you can now go back several days in case you missed the "Word of the Day." Still hope they fix the font size issue though.

Bug- new update- ads. I love this app so much and I use it every day. However, after a recent update the ads don’t close after appearing on the screen two seconds after the app launches. The cross on the top right doesn’t close the pop up window. This makes it impossible to use the dictionary without restating it every couple of seconds when the add pops up. Another option works occasionally which is having to click on the add two or three times. It redirects you to Apple store and then to safari, and makes the phone freak out. I really hope this is a bug because if it’s not, then this new update makes the experience super inconvenient for someone who appreciates efficiency. Please bring back the way things were before :-(((

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Pay annually to remove ads! Not happy. This is a rip off having to pay to remove your ads annually. Besides your ads are mostly inappropriate for kids. I would like to give you a 'zero' star.

Early Days. Ive literally only had the app 5 mins and its asked for a review. I did a word search online and ended up playing a word game at the end of the definition, i was then prompted to save my score by creating an account which I didn’t want to do as we all have too many of them so I checked out the app and now I have that access without the emails, notifications and everything else that comes with an account. Loving it so far.

Word games are fantastic. Word games are fantastic

Handy. Helpful and can be used offline

Gr8!. Merriam Webster has all I could possibly have for increasing my knowledge in vocabulary! I use it almost any time when completing my English Homework! This is good enough that it was supposed to be used for my school! You can even use Merriam Webster’s own website. The only thing that I wish it didn’t have was ads!

Amazing 🤩. I love this app because it has an understandable meaning for words and explains it very well. I wouldn’t have done well in spelling if it weren’t for this! I highly recommend and suggest this app to anyone who’s looking for a dictionary app!

Great dictionary app. I particularly like this dictionary app. It’s easy to use and pretty, not too many ads, and has good thorough definitions, often with a little well-written etymological note.

A wonderful dictionary. I always use this app for my bilingual study.

Great App. Easy to use with many features--it's well used!

Not bad for a US reference. I use it when off line too! Even does pronunciation..

Very professional. No other useless “fancy” functions. Just dictionary! Very good tool.

Fun and informative. Excellent dictionary and thesaurus. Also enjoyable to use.

Best. This is the best ever dictionary I found will pay special thanks to person who recon this . Believe me only few people know about it. 😎😘👍🏻

Same App, Pay Twice. I, like many other Merriam-Webster users, bought their Collegiate dictionary a while back for a purchase price of AUD$30. Now, with iOS 11, they stop support for that app and—weeks later—release a “brand new” dictionary requiring existing customers to pay again ... to remove ads. This is shameful behaviour. Imagine you buy an app and then it stopped working. The developer refuses to update it. The next day, the same company releases basically the same app, but wants you to pay again to use it. Absolutely shameful behaviour, and I’m surprised Apple would allow this.

You are fine so don’t ask again. Though I paid it.

Excellent. I am really happy that you fixed the problem i was facing with this application. It is working very well now and is indeed a useful dictionary! Thanks 🙏

Dictionary review. This dictionary is helpful for searching the meaning of words, with contemporary explanation, and added information, often includes a reference of the history date and nationality of the origin of a word. Enlightening and helpful thanks!

Pictures!!. This app is ok it is just that I think pics would make it even more better. It’s just that pics make it better

My go to app when I want to find out the meaning of words.. Very helpful.

Awesome😍. This helped me find meanings faster for my homework.I love this it is so amazing I finished everything in just a few minutes!❤️😘💕🙂🤩

Ads with sound.. I've been using the free version of this app for as long I can remember and it was great. I get why you guys show adverts for the free version and I have nothing against it, but recently I've been getting adverts with blasting sound everytime I open this app. Its infuriating.

Well designed. Easy to find listings & layout. Great work. I would definitely recommend this app to anyone who is serious about checking correct spelling and usage with meaning choices.

Review. I would enjoy it if this stoped showing up!😠

Great app. I love this app but it takes a long time to load the word

Primary -early High School - level dictionary. Frequently unable to define significant words! Very Limited scope or usefulness. However it is free, hence associated with adverts that slow you up when making a 2nd search.

Amazing. It is an amazing and wonderful app but there are few things that I don't like.

Fantastic App. The major plus is that the pronouncing is crystal clear. Good examples about the usage.

Great App. It is a great and very useful app which I have used so far for dictionary and thesaurus

Love it. This is my favourite app. Informative, fun, easy to use with definitions of words; original meanings; quizzes of words both old and new plus a word of the day. I thought my vocabulary was quite good, but it is improving daily! As I love to read and find the English language fascinating, I can’t recommend this app highly enough.

Bugged or money-hungry?. My preferred dictionary app. Superior features to other dictionary apps such as an easy favourite system and all words are hyperlinked for easy flow of definitions. However!!! The app is pretty much useless when it takes you to the App Store every two seconds. It’s like it’s force clicking on the adds and opens up the App Store. So frustrating.

Can’t go without. Great app, never has to buy a bulky dictionary & very handy too. Give the right spelling if one in doubt & also help to pronounce the words. Great to use.

Perfect!. As an app it's beautifully constructed, but as a dictionary in my pocket it's IMHO the best that I use. I appreciate that it addresses British English so well too.

Best. The best dictionary app I have ever used(I’ve used 7).

Purchase subscription twice but adds still appear. I purchased a subscription twice but adds still appear.

Saved Words.... Do not sync between devices, but they do show in the same list on the web version. Please address this flaw.

Great app. Words displayed in the meanings can be touched to get their meaning as well and it has been impressively designed. This can be upgraded by adding collocations and more current news sentences.

Have some probs. There’s add that shouldn’t be shown to kids in primary school like yr3-6. You can’t even press the ‘x’ button to say you don’t like it

M W is the best of the best.. I love it. Very helpful and informative, the sounding of words is really amazing. M W is my favourite and is the number one dictionary of all times. I recommend it to all. Thank you M W.

Very Easy and Unique Descriptions. It’s an easy app to use and the layout is very user friendly. Highly recommended for a free product

Tutor. I’m getting so much of my tutoring homework done! I have my iPad right next to me, right at Merriam Webster, typing a ridiculously hard word. So thank u for such a lovely and interesting app.

The Best Free Dictionary. I’ve tried some others, this is the best without a doubt, easy to understand, gives word examples in everyday speech with helpful sentences using the word in question. I would be lost without it, a necessary aid in my Bible study.

We enjoy playing “name that thing” however…. I hope there would be lots of random stuffs to guess and more levels to come.. same thing in true or false.. in OFFLINE mode..

No audio pronunciation. Please fix the audio pronunciation problem. Never seems to work. Yes I have a strong internet connection.

Good but it keeps crashing. The app is very useful and fun however it keeps crashing and that gets annoying.

The best dictionary. This is the best dictionary for me. Paying attention to it, you will recieve any more.

Really good. They have a lot of descriptive words some that I never knew.

Ganga. Pretty handy but many, many words do not appear in the thesaurus although they are rarely missed in the dictionary. Certainly a leaning towards US rather than UK but still useful.

The Best E-E Dictionary For ESL Learner. Provide you with easy-understanding definitions beside full definition as well as examples and synonyms, which helps a lot with choosing words for essay writing. This app have been helping me save a huge amount of time 😘👏

Love the word games. But I wish they’d change the words occasionally. I’ve seen them all and if I practice I can get so many of the How Good is your vocabulary sets of ten correct that they kick me out.

Neat.. My backpack was heavy, I had stuff to do and no more fun. I’ve used Merriam Webster dictionary for about a year and it’s been so helpful and a LIFE CHANGER it has helped me so many times and I highly recommend this app if you study often or don’t have a dictionary. Best free dictionary app so far :3

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BarbiTea. Love the details about words, their history and their origin .

Words missing. There are words in other dictionaries not in this dictionary, I have found. But worse than that, as an example, the word ‘sinistrorse’ can be found at merriam-webster.com, but not in this app!

New update: can't close ads. I like this dictionary... The new update whenever ads pop up you can't close it though. I have to literally close the app and restart it every time I look up words. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING, please fix.

Great Compendium. I am blessed using this Dictionary not just for the secular definitions but giving some divine perspectives of some words. Great Work!

Absolutely love the app!!. I really love using this app! It has everything you need for a dictionary.

This app is the best dictionary I’ve ever been in!!!. This app has games in it and is so easy to use. I loved the colour naming game too!!! 😄😇😍😻😸🫶👍

Deficient app. Search a word, view a list of words from the search, tap a word, when you tab back, you lose the search result and your back at the beginning and you have to type your search string back again. Annoying.

Great resource for building vocabulary. Easy to use app and I appreciate examples include for words

$180 Dictionary. I find it ridiculous all these apps that want to charge a yearly subscription. The basic version of this app is $3.99 per year. Getting fed up with the ads and unwilling to pay a yearly subscription, I pulled out a dictionary I bought in high school in 1978, which I paid about $5 for; to date, it cost me $0.11 per year, and it’s decreasing every year. Had I subscribed to this app for the same timeframe I would have spent $180+. Annndddd, simply asking Siri is free!

Words. Words are important

Stars?. 5 of them

Very cool. My teacher showed us this app ,but Theres not pictures

Dictionary and Theseus. Nice and easy to use

Great tool. Handier and faster than searching a physical dictionary plus bonus mind games

Explanation. This dictionary is so helpful for studying and learning new languages/words that can get better grades. :)😍🍙:)

Merriam Webster. Very useful tool for every day lives by knowing its meaning and definition

Review. Enjoy the App. Find it very helpful!

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Great. A excellent app, easy to use.

Very good informative, I licked very much. Good, Excilent

Very helpful and clear. Great tool, very helpful and clear.

Nice dictionary. It’s a really good one. I’ve been using all sorts of dictionaries and this one stands out due to these factors, The vocabulary games The easy to use save button The thesaurus Good examples And also the definitions that usually teach you a couple of more vocabulary.

Love the app!. Best app for English vocabulary

Disappointed. Paid for app but still keep getting ads to subscribe and all the other ads given to non-subscribers. Tried but couldn’t find any solution to get that problem fixed. Wasted my money!

Great application.. This a terrific application and I use it all the time. If you are not sure how to pronounce a word the application will say it out loud so you know. I recommend it highly.

Horrible and Useless Scholar Jargon. In recent years Websters have changed from peoples dictionary to scholars’ dictionary. Each word is explained with scholar jargon. If they change the dictionary to people’s dictionary useful to high school, college and university students as well as the general public, I will download the dictionary again. For now the dictionary has been sitting in my phone taking great space without any use while I used Google with much better success for finding the exact meaning of the words. I am erasing Webster’s from my phone now.

Learning Pal. Thank you 🙂 ... you are a reliable companion in my quest for increased proficiency in the English language.

GREAT!. This app is perfect for writing essays

The new look is not good at all!. I really liked the old look please fix!!!

Exceptional layout, bonus games are fun. Too bad not all words in the English language are available to study

Have always loved the Webster's dictionary and thesaurus. Had the hard cover books, also downloaded the app & trusted looking things up as opposed to google that has too many contradictions depending on which result you read. I just deleted the app. I looked up a word & it stated that if I want to know the meaning then pay for a monthly membership? Crazy considering all of the alternate ways available to us for finding meanings to words we are not sure of. Not paying for that.

Disappointing money grab. Ads were too much so we paid to have them removed, now they are “offering” a yearly subscription to “supercharge” the dictionary, which means they embraced the money grab style of other lousy vendors that lost us as customers. What a shameful practice to build revenue at the expense of loyal customers. Greed at the highest level! What’s the use of an app like this then? The dictionary is now limited and useless. Pointless to continue using it if they continue doing this.

Merriam-Webster’s application. It’s a very good application and I fell in love with it directly when I opened it for the first time, because I have all of the word, non-exception, and we have a of space to discover two-word words in this dictionary

Ok. It’s awesome but it is super glitchy and my phone is not glitchy so fix it pls

My go to !. Handy , use it often , enjoy game and quizzes

Somewhat disappointed. I had the highest level of subscription for this app, and it worked quite well… Until I found out that you don't actually get the whole content of this dictionary through this app. Over time, I have come across a lot of different words that I wanted to look up, but this app always came up empty… But when I went to the website of this dictionary, I found those terms! As a result, I have decided to cancel my paid subscription and will not renew it, because the website actually provides more information, more words, more terms, and I don't even have to pay.

Not what it once was. The ads have become too intrusive and often it is not obvious how to proceed - you are just stuck looking at an ad. I think it’s time for me to move on.

Benefits of Merriam-Webster app. It’s one app a person can have on their smart phone that fights an ever present battle. "Which is smarter, the person holding the device or the device that has taken hold of the person." c w fox

Ads are not onerous, definitions thorough. Love the definitions set up. Getting used to knowing what ads are part of the dictionary is a bit confusing at first, but it’s easy to figure it out.

This app!!. Merriam Webster has been my pocket dictionary for the last 7 years. Their definitions and example selections shows how much effort and work they put in to ensure that people have a tool to be literate for free! Their website is also amazing it have many quizzes and games to jog your mental strength.

Word Search. One of the best dictionaries ever. Stellar resource! The best by far.

Best on the market, but you can do better.. My favorite dictionary with by far the best features; but for a paying user I believe you can push yourselves further. I have changed this to a 3-star in hopes of the team lending their attention to this message. I am paying for your application, I want features to turn off time wasters and distractions. This includes word of the day and all other added features.

Great app. This is a great app BUT hate, absolutely HATE the Tim Hortons ads that freeze the screen. In the middle of a game, the app must be deleted then completely reloaded. So frustrating.

Cool. Educational and fun games

love the games and word of the day. also love the personal dictionary feature i did buy the subscription because ive always kept a dictionary in my room, good investment depending on how often youll use the app. also a good place to store vocabulary for school and / or books youre reading. 10/10 2 malfunctions: getting logged out sometimes and also getting ads after buying the subscription every once in a while

A political app. Having an app for a dictionary expedites radical new definitions based on bias and agenda! One star!

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Wish I Could Just Buy It. I pay $3.99 per year to remove the adds from it, but I’m looking for a really good, comprehensive dictionary app that I can just buy outright, and as soon as I find one, I will cancel my “subscription” to the ad-free version of this and likely just stop using it entirely—subscribing to something as basic as a good dictionary seems stupid to me. Why can’t you just make a version people can just buy outright for a one-time fee (maybe $15)?

Nice. Is very helpful and has games

The right device. Always checking for the meaning of the text.

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Was there and trusted. Now, it’s convenience over accuracy. Besides not picking accuracy over popular misuse, such words as literally become autoantonyms; institutional racism becomes a concept that can be proven because ‘it’s in the dictionary’ and I’m certain if not yet the clumsy and undefinable irregardless will no longer carry a ‘slang’ disclaimer. The beauty of The English Language was it’s precision(did you notice my disuse of its throughout this review?) and economy; they is a plural that should only be used singularly to refer to a person wit MPD. ‘Female actor’ is way more clumsy than ‘actress’. I still prefer my 1970s unabridged. Good Day, and Merry Christmas!

Great daily word app. I wanted to increase my vocabulary and have fun learning again. It’s been many years and I feel like I’m losing a lot of vocabulary by not reading more often. Looking at a daily word and then looking at the words I can’t understand in the daily word helps we look up many more words. It brings back a lot of words I forgot as well. Great app allows for favorites to go back and study, play games and look up any word in the dictionary. Can’t go wrong here. Love the option to pay $1.99 to get rid of ads for a year. It’s worth it!

Minor bugs but otherwise lovely. I’ve used your app for years when apple came out with widgets I paid for premium version but as that one doesn’t have a widget?! I use the free version in my widget. However the widget word of the day doesn’t update to reflect the new word instead it continues to show the word from the day I created the large widget. It does bring me to the correct word if I click on it however. It would be greatly appreciated if this could be resolved, & if the paid version of this app could get a widget - you can put either on watch which is nice. Overall a fantastic app & greatly excited that it continues to stay with the times (the dictionary/thesaurus). Highly recommend!

Ease of use. I had always used the Merriam Webster dictionary. I had some trouble with my smart phone and the app was lost. So I tried a few other online dictionaries. They were all cumbersome and, for me at least, difficult to use. When I want to look up a word I don’t want to know the Spanish or German or or any other language translated definition. I want to type in a word and get a definition. Done. Easy. I like languages and find foreign language interesting. But if I want a foreign language dictionary I’ll get that app. But if I do I hope it’s as user friendly as the Merriam Webster online dictionary.

Like A Reliable, Old Friend. I have had a copy of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary with me since I my parents packed me off to boarding school in 1969. It, or it’s revised descendants, have followed me through two university degrees, four states, and around the world on a navy ship. Now this online version brings greater convenience and accessibility. Oh sure, I’ve flirted with other dictionaries. And they are fine; to each his own. But I, for one, consider this the most practical and most reliable dictionary to be found.

Idea. I would like a way to put words into folders. eg praise discomfort, etc. it would be more convenient to adopt new words into my vocabulary .I often read to a group of people who don’t read well or are illiterate. It i would is comforting for them when I have to look up a “big or old fashion word “. Yes, I know how to read but that doesn’t mean I know the meaning or pronunciation of every word. It seems to make others feel it’s okay to have to look up words. Having a larger vocabulary is a good thing when dealing with those who think they are above the masses too!

Good (when it works). This app can be fun and helpful at times, however there are frequent bugs and scary pop-up ads. By “scary” I mean you don’t know if your phone was just infected with some permanent virus so you have to quickly close the app, pray, and restart your phone. This is the only app on my phone that has had this many issues. I’m surprised that a group as big as Merriam-Webster would have such a low-quality app. Hopefully they will figure out how to truly improve their app soon because this app has had bugs and “fixes” on and off for years. I have enjoyed the games over time, but not when they crash or initiate pop-up ads.

Really great app. Amazing widget.. I love expanding my vocabulary and this word of the day widget is amazing. You can even tap it to see the dictionary page and hear it spoken/used in examples. Normally I will dock stars for any app that offers a subscription of any kind, because it’s ridiculous to pay a recurring fee for an APP. I hate that anyone would fall for that with games, apps, or most things. However, I didn’t do that since the subscription isn’t necessary at all for 99% of people. Thank you for this app. Nice work!

I’ve always liked my Webster’s Dictionary. As a kid, I would read the dictionary as we might read Wikipedia today. Even when my parents invested in an encyclopedia, the dictionary-diving didn’t really stop. I don’t know what prompted me to decide I would like a dictionary on my iPhone, but I’m glad I did. The dictionary works flawlessly, and the quizzes satisfy the part of me that reads dictionaries and encyclopedias just because. I chip in the nominal fiver a year because it’s Merriam Webster, and the world would be a better place if more people used a dictionary.

I LOVE IT! but...... So I just got the app today (Feb 5th) on my iPad 5th Generation so far I love it. However there’s one thing that’s just bugging me. So as of writing this, I’m going to district spelling bee ( that is if first place is sick) and I’m studying words and I used this app but after one word (encephalitis) I had the ritenuto and when I searched it up in app, it didn’t show any results. So it’s all up to date ( cuz I just got it ) and so I went to the website and what happened just.... how do I put this into words.... I was just extremely confused because when I search it up on website the same way on app, it shows up. I was super confused. Other than that, my dad spent a whopping $257 on the desktop unabridged. So yeah.

Always Handy!!. I create posts for business and personal use, and I love the ease of using this app! It is always handy, and I love that it goes in depth in definitions and also provides origins of the word. When I get stuck on a certain theme for a post I can always come back to the definition of the word I'm using and it helps to spur my mind into the creative process, especially when I am having to explain the similarities between two words / actions / thoughts that most people never connect. Even my kids will use this app when they need to while doing their homework. I love this at it will always be a keeper app on my phone!

Worth the $5.99!. I purchased this app for two main reasons, actually. First of all, I enjoy expanding my vocabulary & learning new words! - But recently, my teenage daughter just keeps winning all of the Spelling Bees being held at her school & now will go participate in an even higher intensity level competition. She was given a couple pages of words to study from, so I’m going thru the ones that she feels like may be an issue for her, in order to collect information to make flash cards for her.

More efficient than a large dictionary up to date or internet browser. Any word you may not understand in full context can simply be tapped and it will pull you to that words tab and once you are satisfied in your understanding you simply go back to the last definition you were on. The app has words of the day and uses slang and history to help you understand it even more. Really a perfect app for anyone who wants to actually understand what someone is saying and very good for bettering my own shortcomings in my vocabulary

Little Bit of Praise For Merriam Webster!. Such great information comes from having this app, before I had a phone I had/have an electronic machine called a Franklin Merriam Webster’s Dictionary that runs on AAA batteries! With all of the downloads that you can get on your iPhone, at least I think, you can get on the Franklin?! It’s a great resource for writing down definitions from the KJV Bible, since it has so many different words that have been indispensable throughout life & the Thesaurus is another plus for a resource, so it’s like getting a 2 for 1 deal on your phone, thanks a lot everyone there at Merriam Webster!

Almost Perfect. This app is super useful. I have learned meanings of many many words!! The on.y problem is sometimes the meaning I need was not there when I searched it up. But everything else was awesome!! Download TODAY (RIGHT NOW) This app will help you learn meanings of many words and you will become smarter!!! Don’t be afraid to download this. I had use this app for about a year and the only problem was that sometimes the right meaning didn’t come up. Plz download to make studying easier!! That is the end for now but maybe if I use this app for a little longer I will write a longer review later on in life. (PLZ DOWNLOAD. AWESOME FOR STUDYING!!)

Helps me bridge technology and language.. I started using this app about a month ago. I write exactly how I would carry a conversation. Two things that I noticed is I overuse a group of words and my sentence structuring need to get better. I would like to write scripts, screenplays, and articles in the future so I started using this app to help me expand my vocabulary. I like how the developers made it easy to switch from a dictionary to a thesaurus from the same screen you are viewing a word search. 5 stars because it’s simple and I learn how to use new words each time I open this app.

Alex ability to be refined by words. When I wake up and I use this app. I found that it’s very easy to use; i learn on a daily basis with the structure of this app. This app helps me develop my language skills as well as grow my knowledge of words and their meanings. I think this app is very useful solves illiteracy for anyone with a iPhone. Y’all do a great job with all the mini games too. Thank you for helping develop educational tool and resources for those that want to get better at learning and using words.

Bug fix please?!. This app is a treasure for those logophiles out there but also for those who just need to get their English homework done. I’ve been using this app for about 2 years now and I’m always learning, but I can’t say it’s as flawless as it once was. One of the most important features in the app, for me, is the pronunciation feature. I’m always keen on not only using the word right but pronouncing it correctly. This feature isn’t always guaranteed to work when I need it to, and so it’s become a hassle-albeit small. Please fix this small bug so that others like me can get the full experience of this truly amazing app. Thank you!!

MW. Have been using this app for several years and it is so very easy to use as I proof-read my hand-written letters that I still prefer to write to friends and family, etc. Without MW, I’d have to write the letter on Word & then copy it to paper which would make it a laborious task. The app is free, user friendly, and there is virtually no learning curve. Also, as I read & communicate a lot, there are times when I encounter some words that I am unfamiliar with their usage; so to keep my vocabulary and understanding of the word I frequently refer to MW.

No thesaurus. The preview on the listing shows a screen with a nice little bar at the top to get to the thesaurus. This is NOT present in the app as downloaded. Maybe that's one of the "additional features" you have to pay to access, but if so they should ADMIT that in the product listing, and they should not make the NAME of the app include the word "thesaurus"! I have been using this app for some time as a dictionary (and always frustrated by the ads that force me to close it after every single word looked up) but now that I know they are falsely claiming to be a thesaurus as well as a dictionary, I will be deleting it. It will be faster and easier to go to an online dictionary/thesaurus in Safari than to continue using this deceitful application.

No internet, no problem. I often find myself in areas with no signal. Even when I do, getting the definition of a word is not a problem. It’s quick, easy, and has a couple extra features on top of that like a history of the words you’ve searched on a quick list and word of the day. But the best part is not needing the internet to look up words. Very convenient when reading a book and needing to look up a word. Still works even if you didn’t pay your phone bill.

This App is the Best...Until September 2020. My original post concerning this app was ladened with praise! I lov-ED it, yes, that is PAST TENSE! Look, here are my 2016 words: Like a constant companion, the Merriam-Webster app is fabulous!!! Rating it with five-stars has happened simply because it is the best!!! :-)!! Not anymore!!! I just tried to look up the word manipulation. I was directed to subscribe to the app. I was bothered but guess what, I DID subscribe to the $2.99 annual fee. However, once I received the confirmation and welcome email, I returned to the app to look up the word, for a Merrimack-Webster thorough definition of the word, which I intend(ed) to use for an important psychological essay for an important homework assignment, but I was greeted with a blocked screen telling me I must upgrade to the $5.99 annual subscription to have access to the app to view the word! Are you kidding me? So, I will now use the Oxford Dictionary App, and I pay for their service. But I can see the definition for the word manipulation....for FREE!!!

Amazing app. I am currently in school. For some classes, we are given vocabulary words to ding the definition to. I downloaded this app to make it easier to find the definition of words quickly. Turns out that this app is more than I expected. It not only gives me the best definition for words, but it also expands my vocabulary by having a word of the day. Another reason I like this app is because of how easy it is to use. If I do not know how to spell a word I can use the microphone on the app. All I have to do it say the word and it knows which word I want to know. This app is great for kids and adults alike. I highly recommend this app.

Webster. I remember the old weather beaten dog eared individually tabbed edition that was used by me and various family members for years. There were days when the dictionary was my only type of reading material. Words, the meaning, as an asset, to play or too write. Words engaged my mind too the farthest vestiges of ones imagination. I could go anywhere. A book too travel if only in my mind. In terms of your app., I’ll have too let you know - I have not even opened it yet. I was rating the published text versions. The rating excellent, carry one with you wherever you go. Just in case of emergencies, no signal “out”.

Review. Invasive ads,, they show no way to get out of them either, well you one,,,this win always with your explanation, full fill your corporate thought pattern, since I do not use your application to high degree only to a low minus degrees,,boy there sure is a lot of noted invasive ads, it is good that you note them, but too bad that that you do nothing , about except explain it away, very bad,, that were it is at and will be the such..well around the circle we go to the points of reference ,, hey give a option of choice to who wants invasive ads for entertainment and who does not,, we need a lot of configuration of selected options to what decisions we can make not just a yes ad no,, figure it out,, gee whiz,, same crap can not get out of the ads,,no x to click on,,so go Gucci yourself

WTH. No dark mode?. Something as simple as a dark mode feature makes all the difference. I read at night on my iPad and love to use the dark mode feature in the books app. The room stays quite dark and I can read just fine that way. But when I use split screen mode on my iPad to have the dictionary off to the side I am forced to deal with the bright white background that bothers my eyes and ruins the whole darn experience. Now the whole idea of reading in the dark goes out the window, unless I tediously switch back and forth between each app in full screen mode. ANNOYING!!! You should definitely fire your app UI team for not having the capacity to notice small VALUABLE things such as this. How, then, can they be trusted to guarantee that’s your app is being kept modernized and ahead of the competition? I digress.

Best app on my ph. The ability to communicate concisely and clearly makes life that much easier.. sort of like this app. It’s simple to use, and the developers ACTUALLY listen to the users and try to accommodate its users. As a professional artist I can be very critical, especially about technicalities, but when I had a complaint about the word of the day and how easy and simple the words were the developers responded by giving me more challenging daily words, which, for that I am grateful. Kudos to to you guys and thanks for being helpful!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Amazing...I've been using this app for years, always very helpful.....Astronomical collection of words….I’ve always enjoyed learning new words and making it part of my regular use…..Can not imagine not having it on my phone….I remember carrying a small notebook with me to write down new words from the radio news, tv, magazines etc, while traveling or at home almost every day and lookup the meanings later….But now, it’s just click click click….Plz donate them generously….Little things we could do for each other.

No complaints. This is a wonderful dictionary and thesaurus that is thorough and easy to use. I use it constantly. Whether reading a book or the news, there is always a word I feel I could better understand. The dictionary gives contemporary definitions and usage examples as well as its first known usage and history. You can save past words you have looked up to quickly reference again. I like the “word of the day” feature where you’re given a new word each day on your notification panel and then there are the word games which are fun to play.

Ease of learning. Word of the day is a fun and easy way to learn. There are a lot of words that I rarely use, and even more that I have never heard of or simply forgotten over the years. I wanted to stimulate my brain and I always admired people who really knew a great vocabulary. It seems to open a whole new world. This app has helped me and I love learning new words. Also the added easy way to search meanings of various words. I had told my son I was considering buying a large new dictionary when my son sent me this app and told me I should get it. It ended up being a blessing.

Bug- new update- ads. I love this app so much and I use it every day. However, after a recent update the ads don’t close after appearing on the screen two seconds after the app launches. The cross on the top right doesn’t close the pop up window. This makes it impossible to use the dictionary without restating it every couple of seconds when the add pops up. Another option works occasionally which is having to click on the add two or three times. It redirects you to Apple store and then to safari, and makes the phone freak out. I really hope this is a bug because if it’s not, then this new update makes the experience super inconvenient for someone who appreciates efficiency. Please bring back the way things were before :-(((

Absolutely essential. Word! I use the Merriam-Webster app several times a day when I encounter a word in my reading, writing or viewing I don’t understand or can’t spell. I love the fact that it will predict the word I am looking up while I am typing, especially when I am unsure of its spelling, because it flags similarly spelled words. Often these are the words I want. The definitions are concise, though I do not find it helpful when the word I am looking up is part of the definition. The flip function to access the thesaurus gives this app another layer of usefulness. I don’t know what I would do without the Merriam-Webster app. Words fail me.

This app is life changing, perchance. This app was recommended to me by my close friend, Candice Nuets. Is this the the best dictionary in the world? Perchance. I remember five years ago I was battling a serious struggle with Ligma. Miriam Webster lead me through my unsure and turbulent journey like sewer water pushing out an unconscious sewer rat to the end of the sewer pipe. I go in this app whenever I eat too much Taco Bell, perchance taking a fat dump. But instead of playing Going Balls, I scroll through Miriam Websters large accumulation of knowledge for encouraging words. I love reading the definition of “satiated” while pushing out a fat, unworldly large stool. This app truly has changed my life. Perchance. -Sue K. Mahbles

Need to fix ads that won’t close. The app and its content are great. That alone deserves 5 stars. However, my rating will remain at 3 stars until the developer fixes the ads so they are able to close. Using background images that mask the “x” to close the ad, and where the “x” (when you do find it) doesn’t do anything when you click on it is a shameful way to make money on ads. I understand the benefit to the developer in advertising, but there are limits to what a user will accept. I don’t want to close and restart the app when I want to look up a second word. This has been occurring for quite some time. Please fix. If you do, I’ll rate the app 5 stars. Thanks for your consideration.

Words missing in app. So quite a few times now I have found that the app is missing the word I need a definition for. Like today, wanted to see if there was a definition/meaning for single eye or single-eyed. Doesn’t exist in the app, however when googling the first return is Merriam-Webster’s definition for single-eyed. Make it make sense. While the majority only have the app for the word of the day trend, there are some who still utilize the dictionary for its intended purpose. A dictionary shouldn’t be keeping up with the trends of word use, it should be documenting the long term meaning and definition of words with perhaps a side nod in reference to the generational out of text application (i.e. slang, definition alteration). You can’t define historical text without traditional words and traditional meaning.

People Listen When You Really Know Stuff.. Yeah and they should. Everyone should use a good vocabulary. Not just to be smart just so you are a confident and well-endowed speaker. I am one of those people who believe in being just unfair as well as being educated and not ignorant. Why not use the words to get us through the hard times in life. Or I should say the difficult people in life. Don’t just use this app to be smart. Use a good vocabulary to put people in their place. It’s a dark world out there why not use words that make everybody stop and think.

Increase Vocabulary Tool. I downloaded this app over a year ago and it has changed my life. I like the new word a day feature as well as the word games. However, I am not sure how the word games work. Once you reach a certain level, can new words be generated with the same games ? It seems like there’s more variety with the weekly challenge since a new challenge is generated every week. The weekly challenge is way too complex though and all over the place I think. I like the games and the daily words instead.

Reader's best friend. The Merriam-Webster dictionary app is my go-to when I need a definition or synonym. I'm a university student and lots of my course materials are full of words that go above my head. Looking them up in this pocket dictionary is quick and reliable, and the definitions are always easy to understand. Bonus, the app links to other words within a definition that may be useful in understanding the original word. It might sound goofy, but this is one of my favorite apps, and one I've had downloaded on every smart phone I've had. If you're an avid reader and need some easy word help, this app is the place to go.

Still a fan but.... I'm late mentioning it, but I love the latest Thesaurus subsection and of course the WOD's keep my wordporn-nympho entertained. I do not, however, like that I am unable to select the audio button to hear the pronunciation of a word from the Word of the Day section. My work around is, searching the word and pulling it up in the dictionary as normal. 😩....No and seriously look into that. I can deal with the pop up ad's but that seriously irks my nerve, every time because I'm more intrigued than not and when I am I just want the same features I have as if I knew to look it up as normal. Other than that, keep up the awesome work guys!

I miss “Favorite Words”. I know it’s small, but I liked the heart symbol MUCH more than the new bookmark symbol, and “saved words” used to be “favorite words”. I saved up lots of big words I liked in “Favorite Words”, and now it doesn’t say that anymore. Please add the favorite words section again or a setting to choose one or the other. I really miss the heart symbol and the favorite words section! Those gave the app feeling, and now it’s boring to use. I hope you can do something about it.

A chance to play with words. All I can say, as a lover of words, language, and the history of language, trudging along in a profession that just uses language only as a tool, is this app makes me happy. 😌 I was just looking for a good Dictionary app - and this one definitely is that- but what I stumbled on is an excuse to play with words and learn more about language during the work day every time I have the good fortune to have to look up a word. ♥️ Can’t believe I am saying this about an app, it has made my everyday life more joyful. Thanks for sneaking a little fun into my day! 😉

Helpful?. I love this app, literally. I’ve grown my vocabulary simply from just watching films, shows, interviews, news, books, just about everything. I know the pronunciation of the words, how to spell, definition, and then some! One thing that I’ve been almost dying to have and am a little frustrated because it’s not available is the ability to add a widget on my Home Screen, or at least a notification. I would love to have a Home Screen widget, or a daily notification, about the Word of the Day and it’s definition, usage in a sentence, etc. Just a small moment where it would pop up as a notification that says “Word of the Day” and I get to see it easily, without opening the app, and be able to then incorporate it into my day. As nerdy as it sounds, it would be a major improvement technologically. Please, app developers, make this happen!

Great tool, bad advertisements. In some recent update, an advertisement window abruptly takes over the phone screen when attempting to use the dictionary for a second time. For example: I search for “anathema,” the app gives me a great list of defining words and examples. I then search for “ecclesiastical” only to be stopped by the same advertisement for mortgage rates. There is no way to exit the ad and there is no timer to wait for it to disappear on its own. One must exit the app entirely only to repeat the process again. This app is great but I am uninstalling until the developers learn to properly vet their advertisers and advertiser’s methods. It is ridiculous for one of the most popular and essential dictionaries/books/apps to make it this difficult just to learn words.

A Well-rounded Dictionary Application. I love this app. It had a very intuitive interface. I am constantly learning new words and vocabulary thanks to the Word of the Day. It is even more secure than the alreadu secure website. There are some advertisements but they don't take up the whole screen but are surprisingly discreet (for an advertisement.) If you want, you can get rid of the advertisements by paying for it. However, if it didn't bother you, which I bet will not be a problem, you should get it. It seems like a no-brainer.

Wow! It’s really helpful!. Hi! I’m an 11 year old and I’ve read books like, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Wonder, Twilight, Eclipse, New Moon, Breaking Dawn, Where The Red Fern Grows, Walk The Edge ( really good! ), and right now I’m reading one called ‘ Seeing Red ‘ (a great one) but there are lots of words I don’t know, like for instance, Lynch, but thanks to this app I now know that it means to be killed (mainly hung) without authority, or the right to do so, and the most of the time the lynchers are gangs or angry mobs! Thank you! I’ve learned so much! And now I can understand my books so much better! It’s a really amazing app, and I highly recommend it! Thanks you! -An 11 year old

Well designed and organized resources with lots of extras if you’re a word nerd. I became interested in Merriam- Webster again (haven't really focused on their dictionaries since college) through Peter Sokolowki's Word of the Day. I now have an updated print collegiate dictionary and their app. What I love is that it balances the right amount of detail definition with the word's origins for practical daily use. I still love the OED when I want to dive in a bit more, but M-W is more my "every day carry" dictionary. The app adds easy clear access to a good thesaurus and some fun activities such as the aforementioned Word of the Day and word games. I highly recommend it.

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Love this app, just one thing about it bothers me. This app is great and fast. It even has short games for you to help expand your vocabulary. I use this app on a daily basis, but I hate how long the example sentences are that follow a word’s definition. Like you'd read the definition, okay great easy and clear. Then you'll continue to see an example for it, and they have an entire paragraph for you to understand one word? Whats up with that? Keep it short, one or two sentences max. I honestly stopped reading them because it pisses me off. Google has short sentences that are clear and easy to understand.

Superb. I love it and use it constantly. I have it next to my messages at the bottom of my screen where I click often. I love that I can use it even when I don’t have internet. I appreciate that I made a suggestion, and it was implemented- that being, when I click on a word from my saved words, I can click the back button and it take me back to my place in saved words. I also love that if there is a word within a definition that I don’t understand, I can simply click it and it shows me the definition. Thank you, thank you!

Merriam-Webster Wins Dictionary World Cup!. I am a lover of reading. Every day, I read a new book and enhance my vocabulary. When there’s one I don’t know, I go to this app. Merriam-Webster has surprised me so much over the years, and I keep loving it. Plus, the games give you a chance to challenge yourself. I love the fact that I can switch over from dictionary to thesaurus. If there’s something one doesn’t have, then the other will. I might be looking up the word prefer. If the synonym isn’t in the dictionary, then it is in the thesaurus. I am very proud of this app and hope it keeps going. Keep it up, oh ever efficacious Merriam-Webster!