Using a thesaurus does a great deal in increasing your vocabulary. While a dictionary app will help you know the meaning, origin, and pronunciation of a word, the thesaurus app will help you out with a word that best fits the sentence.
1. Dictionary
With the highest ranking in the app store, the Dictionary app is a fully loaded dictionary and thesaurus app which allows you to access it offline as well. This app includes definitions and synonyms from the globally renowned dictionaries and thesauruses Webster, American Heritage, and Roget’s thesaurus. The app offers free offline access to several other features like idioms, proverbs, medical dictionary along with dozens of translation options and a dictionary for millennial lingo as well. If you are looking for vocabulary building, then this is the best app for you. Price: Free (Subscription – $1.99)Download
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary
America’s most respected and useful dictionary and thesaurus book for words also have an iOS app for our convenience. I remember very clearly that we were made to refer to the Webster dictionary in school. And I think every one of us has referred to the Webster Dictionary at least once in their lives. Do I have to say that this app has a very exhaustive list of words along with its definitions, meanings, synonyms, antonyms, and a lot more? It is a universal app along with word of the day and sentence construction examples. Webster has been a reliable dictionary for many years and continues to be that still. Price: Free (Subscription – $1.99)Download
3. Advanced Dictionary & Thesaurus
With new words added in our vocabularies every day, this app has the best and most comprehensive words of English Language. This app indeed consists of each and every element that is needed in a dictionary and thesaurus app and soo much more. Along with definitions, synonyms, and antonyms, the app also has a complete selection of hypernyms, hyponyms, and meronyms. Advanced Dictionary app has definitions of over 140,000 with more than 250,000 links and 1.4 million words. Along with the various forms of words, the app also has a massive database of examples and illustrations of how a particular word can be used in a sentence formation and how it is to be constructed and collated. Price: Free (Subscription – $0.99)Download
4. English Thesaurus
With comprehensive word selection and easy search options, this thesaurus app for iPhone should be your go-to app for words. Build your vocabulary and find the perfect words for your assignment with this app and impress your peers with your words. The app offers one of the largest collections of synonyms and antonyms along with their pronunciations. It features not only single terms but phrases and complete colloquial proverbs. The proverbs are accompanied by spell checkers and terminologies for professional writers. The app comes loaded with over 1,767,000 synonyms and 361,000 antonyms, ranging from 349,000+ English words with 25,000+ pictures for visual references. Price: $2.99Download
5. WordWeb Dictionary
With over 285,000 words, phrases and derived forms, 225,000-word sense definitions, 70,000 usage examples and 85,000 text pronunciations, the WordWeb Thesaurus app for iPhones is simply one of the best out there. With the WordWeb app, you are sure to leave a very positive and impressive impression. The massive database of words that this app has is beneficial when you are writing formal messages and emails or writing an essay. The app also supports a speed check and suggests the correct use of homophones. And, also it is handy for people preparing for spell bee as it has detailed origin and history of the words along with their alternatives and opposites. Price: FreeDownload
6. Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com is the leading free English dictionary app for iPhone – with over 2,000,000 trusted definitions and synonyms, the Dictionary.com app is designed and optimized for your iPhone. If you wish to access the dictionary and thesaurus offline, then you could do so by downloading the offline version of the app as well. Word of the day, audio pronunciations, voice search, word trends, grammar tips, etc. are few of the many features this app comes with. You could also test your vocabulary with the quiz feature, you just have to take up a quiz, and the app will access how excellent or bad your vocabulary is. Price: Free (Subscription Starts – $0.99 to $3.99)Download
7. Dictionary
Came across a fascinating new word while reading an English classic? Writing an article & looking for a more sophisticated synonym for a rather simple word? Stuck on your crossword puzzle? Dictionary is here with all the answers! The app offers you word alternatives along with spell checks and definitions and so much more. This app has a very easy to use User Interface, which makes this app all the more functional to use. There are about 147,000 words with appropriate word alternatives, antonyms, origins and meanings. You can also save and bookmark the words you find interesting or the ones that you use the most. Price: FreeDownload
8. Pocket Thesaurus
This mini version of the Thesaurus app comes in handy for people who don’t have to write exhaustively. With over 90,000 commonly used words, the app ensures that you are not confused with difficult and heavy word forms of simpler words. It is the smallest offline dictionary on the App Store without any online dependency. Supports the all-new iOS 13 feature of the dark theme, which I believe is very exciting. It also supports the advanced feature of crossword search, bookmarking, sharing, etc. Price: FreeDownload Signing off… Well, that was our list of top 10 Thesaurus apps for iPhone and iPad. Do let us know in the comments below if any of these apps is amongst your favorites.
