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Dictionary.com is an online English dictionary offering definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences and word games. It describes itself as the world's leading online dictionary and a trusted authority for 25+ years, with the tagline "The Dictionary for the Real World".

Summer Word Drop 2026 is Dictionary.com's latest update to its entries. Its lexicographers added 5,900 new words along with over 1,200 revisions to existing entries since the previous word drop.

Questions about the Terms of Service or Dictionary.com's Services can be sent by email to [email protected].

The site is operated by Dictionary.com, LLC, which also runs Thesaurus.com (including its sub-domains) and related products such as the Dictionary.com mobile app.

Dictionary.com's services are intended for general audiences over the age of 16, and the company does not knowingly collect information from children under 16. Parents or legal guardians of users under 18 agree to be fully responsible for that user's acts or omissions.

Browse Dictionary lists entries alphabetically, with pages for each letter from A to Z plus a page for words starting with numerals and diacritics, such as ".22", "24/7" and "'hood". You can pick a letter and scroll the full list of headwords, abbreviations and prefixes.

Alongside definitions, Dictionary.com's homepage features popular searches, a Word of the Day, New & Updated Words, and editorial sections on slang, emoji and literature.

The Terms contain a mandatory and binding arbitration provision, a class action waiver and a waiver of the right to a jury trial, which affect how disputes with Dictionary are resolved. The Terms were last updated on 13 October 2025.

Online English dictionary offering definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences and word games.

Online English dictionary offering definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences and word games.