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Text Content

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   * Daily Crossword
   * Word Puzzle
   * Word Finder
   * All games
 * Featured
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   * Word of the Year
   * New words
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   * All featured
 * Pop culture
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 * Games
 * Featured
 * Pop culture
 * Writing tips

Dictionary.com strives to enable and inspire connection, communication,
learning, creativity, and expression in a world powered by words.

 * 1.5M
   
   social followers
   
   

 * 19M
   
   daily Word of the Day users

 * 70M
   
   monthly users

 * 100M+
   
   app downloads

 * 5.5B
   
   word searches annually

 * 

Dictionary.com is the world’s leading digital dictionary. We provide millions of
English definitions, spellings, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and
word origins. Dictionary.com’s main, proprietary source is the Random House
Unabridged Dictionary, which is continually updated by our team of experienced
lexicographers and supplemented with trusted, established sources including
American Heritage and Harper Collins to support a range of language needs.
Dictionary.com also offers a Word of the Day, a Synonym of the Day, word games
and solvers, and a wealth of editorial content that benefit the advanced word
lover and the English language student alike.

Language is constantly evolving, and the editorial offerings from Dictionary.com
shine a light on how language is being used. From pop culture to idioms and
grammar advice, there’s always something new to learn from Dictionary.com.

As the premier thesaurus on the web Thesaurus.com provides users with over
550,000 synonyms and a suite of tools that simplify the writing process.
Thesaurus.com’s proprietary relevance, complexity, and length filters,
introduced in the first update to any thesaurus in over 160 years, help anyone
quickly find the perfect word.

1999



MAY 1999

Word of the Day Launched

2004



DECEMBER 2004

Acquired the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, the foundation of
Dictionary.com’s proprietary dictionary

2008



MAY 2008

IAC acquired Dictionary.com

2009



JANUARY 2009

Surpassed 50 Million monthly users

2009



APRIL 2009

First iOS app launched in the App Store

2010



FEBRUARY 2010

First Android app launched in the Google Play Store

2014



MARCH 2014

Surpassed 70 Million monthly users

2015



JULY 2015

Surpassed 100 Million app downloads

2015



CELEBRATED

20th Anniversary

2018



NEW OWNER

Rock Holdings acquired Dictionary.com

2020



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