Toss out that dog-eared dictionary and worn-out thesaurus, and use this amazingly helpful tool instead.

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..so much more than just an exceptionally good thesaurus...
In short, the app is easy to use
and is packed with usefulness.

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WordWeb Pro Features

• Add optional third-party dictionaries in separate tabs
• 70 000 audio pronunciations
• Clear text pronunciations with syllables
• One-click look up from almost any program, including MS Word
• Tab pages to quickly check web references
• Bookmark words
• Highlights commonly used widely-understood words
• Links between sounds-like and often-confused words
• Find words matching a pattern
• Add definitions to the database
• Solve and find anagrams
• Copy results to the clipboard
• Search for words in a large number of optional extra word lists
• Add your own custom glossaries
• Import and export custom definitions and glossaries
• Configure for American, British, Canadian, Australian or Asian English
• Option to hide (default) or flag vulgar and offensive related words
• Reverse definition (full text) search

The extensive up-to-date dictionary database features:

• Definitions and synonyms, including many compounds and proper nouns
• Word relations: find antonyms, parts or types, less specific words, etc.
• Over 130 000 synonym sets and 162 000 root words
• Search over 280 000 words, compounds and derived forms
• 70 000 pronunciations, with pop-up hint pronunciation key
• 70 000 usage examples
• View alphabetically nearest words, suggestions for many misspellings

WordWeb Pro runs under Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 (desktop). You do not need to be online to use WordWeb.

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See usage information and dig out related words:

Word finding

Enter a pattern as the search word and it will find words that match, e.g.

• T???SH finds thrash, thresh and thrush
• *GRY finds angry, hungry and unangry
• ?*Q*P finds acquaintanceship, equip, liquid soap, re-equip, and square up

Use * to stand for any number of letters, and ? for one unknown letter. You can also do powerful advanced searches for vowel/consonant patterns, punctuation specific word forms, and groups of letters, or general advanced regular expressions.

You can also search sets of additional word lists (see the ordering page for details), including place names, specialized word lists and other languages.

Anagrams

Enter a word and you can find all straight and multiple word anagrams, e.g.

• protest finds potters, spotter, to strep, pert sot, etc.
• begin finds being, binge, in beg, and gin be
• WordWeb Pro finds powder brow + many others.

You can also find partial anagrams. How many words can you make using the letters in "constitutional"? WordWeb Pro's answer: 726!

And more ...

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You can see some of the dictionary content online in the online dictionary.