Learning new vocabulary is now easier than ever before, and it’s all thanks to the Internet. With a single click, users can access a wide range of resources to help them enrich and improve their vocabulary.
Vocabulary is key to language learning, and a strong understanding of vocabulary is a prerequisite, especially for improving one’s writing style and speaking skills. The list below contains some of the best vocabulary websites that you can use with your students and children to learn new vocabulary items, improve vocabulary practice, and ultimately improve one’s understanding of the target language.
1- Easy Notecards
2- Dictionary websites
3- Vocabulary.com
As the name suggests, this site helps students improve their vocabulary through games and fun learning activities. The site also includes a dictionary that provides word definitions with thousands of example sentences from current newspapers, magazines and literature. In addition to the dictionary, Vocabulary.com also offers vocabulary lists, word challenges, commonly confused words, test prep, vocabulary stops, and numerous other educational resources.
4- Quizlet
5- Reverse dictionary
‘The way Reverse Dictionary works is quite simple. It simply looks through tons of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that best match your search query. For example, if you type something like “longing for a time in the past”, the engine will return “nostalgia”. The engine has so far indexed several million definitions and at this stage it is starting to produce consistently good results (although it can sometimes produce strange results). It works much like a thesaurus, except it allows you to search by definition instead of a single word. So in a sense this tool is a “word search engine”, or a phrase to word converter.’
6- Wordnik
Wordnik is an online English dictionary that provides definitions from various sources, including the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. When you search for a word in Wordnik, you get several definitions, examples of usage taken from various online sources, lists of synonyms and antonyms, related words, reverse dictionary and many more.
7- Word reference
8- Ludwig
Ludwig is a phrase search engine that helps students become better writers of English. It is also a great vocabulary website which offers a wealth of useful services including: definitions, synonyms, antonyms, translation, paraphrase, word frequency comparison, examples of usage and more. The way it works is simple: enter your phrase or word and Ludwig will provide you with relevant examples taken from numerous English sources.
9- Word hippo
Word Hippo is another vocabulary website that helps students improve their vocabulary learning. In addition to accessing antonyms and synonyms, Word Hippo provides rhyming words, example sentences, translations, definitions, word forms, pun helpers, pronunciations and more. Word Hippo is also available as a mobile app for both iOS and Android.
10- Flocabulary
11- Membrane
Membean is a vocabulary website that provides differentiated and personalized vocabulary instruction to students of all ages and abilities, including ELLs and students with dyslexia. Students are engaged in training sessions where they are introduced to new words that they learn using different pathways. In addition to learning about word pronunciation, students also practice the new vocabulary through example sentences, visual representations, explanations and definitions.
