Synonym Finder

Synonym Finder is a great online thesaurus. Not only can users find synonyms to their words but antonyms and definitions as well.

I highly recommend checking Synonym Finder by clicking here!!

Word Hippo

Word Hippo is a site I learned about from a reader and member of my PLN. This is a great online dictionary and translator that should be a huge benefit for teachers and students alike. Not only can you translate words but you can find synonyms, antonyms, etc etc.

I highly recommend checking out Word Hippo by clicking here!!!

Memidex

Memidex is an excellent free online dictionary/thesaurus. This is ideal when wanting to find out the origin of words as well as other interesting facts. It has a very nice visual user interface.

I highly recommend checking out Memidex by clicking here!!

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip!!

Word Stash

Once again Free Technology 4 Teachers has found an online gem, Word Stash. This is a great site that allows users to "stash" (save) words and create lists. These lists can then be quizzed on. Also, there are a quite a few options to enjoy such as: listening to the word, sharing words via links, viewing examples of the words in sentences, etc etc.

WS can best be described as half a dictionary and half a vocabulary builder.

I highly recommend checking out Word Stash by clicking here!!!

Snappy Words

Snappy Words is a visual thesaurus and dictionary that is very similar to VisuWords in that it shares a very similar look and style. This is a very user friendly site and a nice way to to learn how words are associated in a visual way.

Give Snappy Words a try by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Free Technology 4 Teachers for the tip!

Words Like

Words Like is a great site that is a combination of a dictionary and a thesaurus. It's very easy to use and one of the better dictionary/thesaurus sites around.

Click here to give it a try.



For another excellent check out the award winning, Free Technology 4 Teachers.

Ninja Words

Ninja Words is a new site that I just read about on Richard Byrne's excellent blog. NW is an online dictionary which is very easy to use and quite good.

What I like so much about NW is that it tracks a user's history so you can refer back to words. However, you do have the ability to empty the history if you don't want to keep a record of that. It reminds me a lot of Apple's built in dictionary w/out the ability to cross-reference.

Below is my example...



Give Ninja Words a try by clicking here.

OneLook

OneLook is a site I first read about on Larry Ferlazzo's great blog. It is a reserve dictionary which means it searches references for words that have definitions conceptually similar to the words you search for.



It may sound confusing but when you starting using it you'll get the point. It's a pretty interesting site because it indexes a lot of dictionaries so you can check a specific one if you so choose, or use the reverse look up at any time by typing in a colon before your search (ex. : web 2.0).

Below is a pic of my reverse look-up of Technology Integration in Education...



Give it a try by clicking here.

Visual Dictionary

Visual Dictionary by Webster is such a great resource for schools and in time could end up being the ultimate online dictionary. My only reason I say "in time" is because it is still relatively new and there needs to be more terms/words added before I would use it consistently. For example, I did a search on a bunch of technological terms, and until I made it very vague say w/ the word technology or computer, nothing came up. Although, what VD does have is quite robust; 20,000 terms w/ contextual definitions and 6,000 images.



Visual Dictionary has such an abundance of options for the teacher/student this is a definite resource that every educator should check out. For instance, there is a game section which is great for labeling pictures and so on. Also, there is a School Lesson Plan section on a variety of subjects for ages 4-12 and Highschool. For me personally, my favorite section is the "Tools" section which lets a blogger/web designer grab the code and use any image in their site.

I highly recommend giving Visual Dictionary a look, you'll be happy you did!!!

For more info click here.

BTW, I did test out the filter/content aspect of VD and noticed that you can't pull up any inappropriate images/terms (even bad medical terms). This is great for schools who need to abide by CIPA/COPPA compliance. Although, I would need to see a strict policy in place before I let students start using this un-assisted.