WordWeb for Windows 10/8.1

Most of us went through the process of learning a new language and studying different meanings and examples. Besides the books, other simple methods to look a term up is using the Internet or specialized programs.

WordWeb for Windows 10/8.1 is an informative program that comes to your aid to search for synonyms, examples, and definitions for numerous words. It uses both offline and online dictionaries, like Chambers Dictionary and Thesaurus, Wikipedia, Bing, or Answers.com.

It's downloaded and set up through the Store and offers a clean and user-friendly interface divided into a search bar, and the explanation panel. The smart term entry suggests possible spellings as you type, and displays words that sound the same. Just type in the desired phase, and the hit Enter.

The result display is neatly structured into verbs, nouns, adverbs, or adjectives, along with common and complex explanations, synonyms, and antonyms. Examples are highlighted with green, while similar words have in front of them representative symbols.

Plus, the drill down function lets you load different terms, by just clicking on them. Definitions and words can be easily bookmarked, by pressing one button. What's more, you can check recently searched items, by accessing the history.

The app provides a complete symbol list in the setting menu, where you have the option to disable functions that you find unnecessary, such as examples, type of, parts, derived words, or synonyms.

It's possible to choose your specific regional properties (e.g. American, British, Canadian). If you want a more thorough search, you can pick the part of speech you are interested in, and the tool loads all the stored terms in alphabetical order.

Taking everything into account, WordWeb Dictionary is a reliable and practical program that comes in handy when you need to look up unknown words and learn more about their meaning, using examples, definitions, and synonyms. It also features bookmark and history managers.