America's best dictionary and thesaurus - with premium content and no ads
About Dictionary - M-W Premium
Dictionary - M-W Premium is a books & reference app developed by Merriam-Webster Inc..
Download Statistics
Dictionary - M-W Premium has been downloaded 220 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 410 times. It is ranked in the top 100 books & reference apps.
User Ratings
Dictionary - M-W Premium is rated 3.24 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 8.8 thousand ratings.
App Information
Dictionary - M-W Premium costs $7.99 to download. The APK download size is 125.49 MB. The latest version available is 5.6.1. The last update was on March 24, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Dictionary - M-W Premium requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2012.
Description
Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier Android app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.
And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds. Hundreds of words to test your skills.
Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.
Features:
* No ads * Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use * New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary * Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it * Word of the Day: learn a new word every day * Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context * Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots * Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you * Favorite Word Syncing: share your favorites between devices * Premium Content: over 1000 graphical illustrations, and over 15,000 additional entries covering people and places * For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index
Recent changes: A dictionary update with new words, and newly revised definitions. Bug fixes.
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Apparently weather you pay as I did, or you use the free version, the app needs internet access. Whatever word you put in, the app will continue to say loading until you allow it to get net access. I bought this in 2015 and back then whatever word you looked up popped quickly with the meaning. I paid for it for that convenience, but now it just annoys me. The problem stated above has been solved, and I'm comfortable once more so 5 stars
★★★★☆Taiga Peterson· May 22, 2026
I have only noticed two problems: my keyboard will disappear whilst I am typing, taking me to a definition I probably wasn't searching for; and every so often, the app will nag me to subscribe to a monthly plan, even though this is the premium, paid-for app. Other than that, this is a perfectly usable dictionary app.
★☆☆☆☆Cos Cal· Apr 19, 2026
Apparently, the word "premium" in this app title, does not account for much. There are words missing from the listings! The "premium" title is not what it proports to be and this is clearly an abridged version. (An online search of M-W's website claims the word "meself" is in their unabridged version) So, would you pay for something that is incomplete? Also, I paid, but still get ads.
★★☆☆☆None None· May 25, 2026
Thought I was grandfathered in for years ago. I always speak so highly of the app only to come back to adds on.
★☆☆☆☆John Kubalak· Feb 27, 2026
July 2024. It is annoyingly easy to select a word while scrolling through a definition, and then you inadvertently jump to the definition for that word. And the tabs at the top of recent words is gone, making it more difficult to go back. Any effort to address this? UPDATE: Still no effort to fix this issue? This was in the May 2023 update. Heck, I'd be happy with going back to the way it was before that. Can we at least do that until you guys can figure it out? FEB2026-STILL THE SAME. 🤦
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