I love looking words up. I am constantly checking to see if i am correct in my words that I use. So, ok, years ago I use to have a dictionary on my computer that I could just type a word and it would give me the definition and synonyms along with other tabs full of information about the word i just typed. Well, a few computer crashes later I had totally forgot about the program. In a search for more freeware today I found it again!!!! WordWeb!!!! It is even better now. And for those of you who like portable software for your flash drive, it has that option if you click on advanced options during installation! Not only does WordWeb give you an amazing wealth of information within milliseconds but now they have incorporated it into the system tray of windows (Which I personally do not like running programs in the tray but, to each their own.) this allows you to right click a word from virtually any program you are running and look it up in the dictionary!!!
Ok, I could go on and on about how great this is but you have to at least try it for yourself. There are no ads, no spyware, and no viruses (always use your anti-virus to double check anyway.)
Here is the direct link to the installation download
http://wordweb.info/cgi-bin/geoip/wordweb.exe
Also as another note: I have gotten rid of my old sidebar widget dictionary (the dictionary search feature located at the right hand side of this website on every page.) because it was full of advertising banners and the results were good but hard to read between all those ads… so I found that WordWeb has an online version of their software. You can type a word in my sidebar under the Dictionary (WordWeb) box and click “look it up!” and you will be taken to the official WordWeb online website with your search results. Enjoy!
