Tired of online dictionaries that are so cluttered with ads, you can barely find the definition? Check out Word Source, an ad-free dictionary/thesaurus outfitted with some nifty Web 2.0 trappings.

Last week, we spotted the Google app adding an Android homescreen shortcut to the built-in dictionary tool. The search engine is now tweaking the layout of definition cards by making synonyms more ...

Developed by Benjamin Mayo, Writing Aid is a $0.99 iPhone app that combines word definitions with meanings and synonyms. Based off a single search field where you can type what you’re looking for, ...

Just about everyone has used Google to look up the definition of a word before. You know, you just type in the word "define" followed by the word you want to look up and the definition will appear ...

Whether you’re looking for a word’s definition, synonym, or correct spelling, or even for geographical terms and biographical info, Apple’s Dictionary can help. Dan Frakes’ recent article, Five ...

Google noted today on its Google+ page that it has updated search on both the desktop and mobile with new and improved definitions. Google search would previously let users ask for a definition by ...