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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 β€” perfect for:

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

Input

FieldTypeDefaultDescription
wordsstring[]requiredWords to look up (e.g. ["hello", "serendipity"])
includePhoneticsbooleantrueInclude phonetic transcriptions and audio URLs
includeSynonymsbooleantrueInclude synonyms
includeAntonymsbooleantrueInclude antonyms
flattenOutputbooleanfalseOne row per definition (great for CSV export)
maxRetriesinteger2Retries per word on failure (0–5)

Example input

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

Output

Rich mode (flattenOutput: false) β€” one object per word

{
"word":"hello",
"found":true,
"phonetic":"/hΙ™Λˆloʊ/",
"phonetics":[
{"text":"/hΙ™Λˆloʊ/","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) β€” one row per definition

wordphoneticpartOfSpeechdefinitionexamplesynonymsantonyms
hello/hΙ™Λˆloʊ/noun"Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.She gave a bright hello.greeting
hello/hΙ™Λˆloʊ/verbTo greet with "hello".

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