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Free Dictionary

Looks up English words and returns definitions, phonetics, synonyms, antonyms, and examples. Useful for writing apps, vocabulary tools, NLP tasks, and auto-generating glossaries.

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Free Dictionary Actor

An Apify Actor that looks up English word definitions, phonetics, synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples.

What it does

Feed it a list of words and get back structured dictionary data — perfect for:

Writing & education apps — enrich content with definitions and examples
Vocabulary builders — batch-generate word cards with synonyms/antonyms
NLP pipelines — gather linguistic data for analysis
Content tools — auto-generate glossaries or tooltips

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`words`	`string[]`	required	Words to look up (e.g. `["hello", "serendipity"]`)
`includePhonetics`	`boolean`	`true`	Include phonetic transcriptions and audio URLs
`includeSynonyms`	`boolean`	`true`	Include synonyms
`includeAntonyms`	`boolean`	`true`	Include antonyms
`flattenOutput`	`boolean`	`false`	One row per definition (great for CSV export)
`maxRetries`	`integer`	`2`	Retries per word on failure (0–5)

Example input

{
    "words": ["hello", "serendipity", "ephemeral"],
    "includeSynonyms": true,
    "flattenOutput": true
}

Output

Rich mode (`flattenOutput: false`) — one object per word

{
    "word": "hello",
    "found": true,
    "phonetic": "/həˈloʊ/",
    "phonetics": [
        { "text": "/həˈloʊ/", "audio": "https://..." }
    ],
    "meanings": [
        {
            "partOfSpeech": "noun",
            "definitions": [
                {
                    "definition": "\"Hello!\" or an equivalent greeting.",
                    "example": "She gave a bright hello."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": ["greeting"]
        }
    ],
    "sourceUrls": ["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hello"]
}

Flat mode (`flattenOutput: true`) — one row per definition

word	phonetic	partOfSpeech	definition	example	synonyms	antonyms
hello	/həˈloʊ/	noun	"Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.	She gave a bright hello.	greeting
hello	/həˈloʊ/	verb	To greet with "hello".

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