Android

English Dictionary - Offline

English Dictionary - Offline has 43,153,007 installs (+0.4% in 30 days), rated 4.6 from 414,654 ratings, #23 of 70,030 in Books & Reference.

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Installs
43,153,007
+30,960 (+0.1%) this week
Rating
4.6
414,654 ratings
-124 ratings (-0.0%) this week
Rank on Android
#3,160
of 2,768,316
down 7 since 2026-10-28
Version
10.0.1-1q61p
Last updated 2026-06-01

Description

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Discover the meaning of English words with our free, offline English dictionary app. Powered by the authoritative English Wiktionary, our app offers quick searches and a user-friendly interface designed for both phones and tablets. No internet connection required—download once and enjoy instant access to definitions anytime, anywhere.

Features
♦ More than 608000 english definitions and large number of inflected forms
♦ You can leaf through words using your finger (swipe right and left)
♦ Manage your bookmarks, personal notes and search history. "Organize bookmarks and notes using user defined categories. Create and edit your categories as needed.
♦ Crossword help: the symbol ? can be used in place of single unknown letter. The symbol * can be used in place of any group of letters. The fullstop symbol . can be used to mark the end of a word.
♦ Random search button (shuffle), useful to learn new words
♦ Share word definition using other apps, like gmail or whatsapp
♦ Compatible with Moon+ Reader, FBReader and other applications via share button
♦ Backup&restore configuration, personal notes and bookmarks on local memory, Google Drive, Dropbox and Box clouds (available only if you have installed these applications on your device and configured with your own account)
♦ Camera search via OCR Plugin, available only on devices with back camera. (Settings->Floating Action Button->Camera). The OCR Plugin has to be downloaded from Google Play.

Fuzzy search
♦ To search words with prefix, e.g. starting with 'moon', please write moon* and the dropdown list will show the words starting with 'moon'
♦ To search words with suffix, e.g. ending with 'moon', please write *moon. and the dropdown list will show the words ending with 'moon'
♦ To search words containing a word, e.g. 'moon', just write *moon* and the dropdown list will show the words containing 'moon'

Your settings
♦ Black and white themes with user defined text colors (press menu-->select Settings-->click on Theme)
♦ Optional Floating Action Button (FAB) supporting one of the following actions: Search, History, Favorites, Random search and Share option; Optional shake action with similar actions.
♦ Persistent Search option to get automatic keyboard at startup
♦ Text to speech options, including selection of British or American accent (press menu-->select Settings-->click on Text to Speech-->select Language)
♦ Number of items in history
♦ Customisable font size and line spacing, default screen orientation
♦ Start up option: home page, most recent word, random word or word of the day

Questions
♦ No voice output? Please follow instructions here: http://goo.gl/axXwR
Note: word pronunciation works only if voice data have been installed in your phone (Text-to-speech engine).
♦ British word pronunciation not working? Follow instructions here: https://cutt.ly/beMDCbR

♦ Question & Answers: http://goo.gl/UnU7V
♦ Keep safe your bookmarks and notes, please read: https://goo.gl/d1LCVc
♦ Information about permissions used by the application can be found here: http://goo.gl/AsqT4C
♦ Download also the other livio offline dictionaries available in Google Play for a broader and unique experience

In case Moon+ Reader does not list my dictionary: open pop-up "Customize dictionary" and select "Open dictionary directly when Long-Tap on a word"

Information for application developers:
✔ This application provides Dictionary API for 3rd party developers, please read further details: http://thesaurus.altervista.org/dictionary-android

Permissions
This application requires the following permissions:
♢ INTERNET - to retrieve the definition of unknown words
♢ WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (aka Photos/Media/Files) - to backup configuration and bookmarks

Reviews The reviews Google Play shows first (its most relevant), from the US store, in any language.

From 414,637 ratings.

  1. ★★★★★ Zoya Shamray · 4 Oct 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    Love this app. I`ve used it a long time.
  2. ★★★★★ Okoloigwe Chidubem · 3 Oct 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    amazing 😍
  3. ★★★★★ Arlene Freiberg · 3 Oct 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    There are no ads in this dictionary. It's the best by far.
  4. ★★★★★ Marian Amo · 2 Oct 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    The best so far 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😘🙏
  5. ★★★★★ Bright Black · 1 Oct 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    The best, my go to - been using since 2019.
  6. ★★★★★ David Sause · 30 Sep 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    easy to access offline as well users friendly no ads
  7. ★★★★★ Veronika Rudvianny · 30 Sep 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    great app, thank you
  8. ★★★★★ Phumzile Sindy · 29 Sep 2026 · v9.5.1-1jwz3
    I love the fact that it also helps with pronunciation of the words;) And the translation of that word to other languages.
  9. ★★★★☆ Akash Ghimire · 29 Sep 2026 · v10.0.1-1q61p
    only audio working nothing there to read it's blank after searching a word sort it out!!!!
  10. ★★★★★ Anifowose Toheeb · 29 Sep 2026
    This particular app is very incredibly helpful, useful at any point in time
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Growth change in installs

Per Growth Growth % Actual change Measured over
day Not enough history yet
week +30,960 +0.1% +36,114 8.2 days
month +169,346 +0.4% +177,859 31.5 days
year Not enough history yet
How these figures are measured

Change in installs, scaled to each window from the real gap between crawls. A window needs a full period of history before it reports anything.

Rank among tracked Android listings#3,160
2026-09-28 · #2,096 2026-11-05
Installs43,153,007
2026-09-27 · 42,975,148 2026-11-04
Ratings414,654
2026-09-27 · 415,041 2026-11-04
New ratings per monthno crawl yet this month
Sep 2026 from 2026-09-27: +6 Oct 2026: +0 (ratings removed) Nov 2026 so far: no crawl yet
Sep 27 Nov so far

Ratings were removed in Oct 2026; shown as 0.

Average rating4.6
2026-09-27 · 4.6 2026-11-04

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