Thesaurus on the iPhone: WordDigest from Global Delight makes word search pretty simple

For those of you who have always wanted to have a good dictionary on your iPhone, your wish has been granted. WordDigest  from Global Delight  brings a complete Thesaurus for easy reference, validation and also brings the chance to learn new words everyday.How much do you want to pay for such nifty application? Read on.

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When you open the application, it takes about 20 seconds to load the dictionary. Once done, you are all ready to search for words and their associated meanings, refer word for spell check and all other stuff you do with your paper based dictionary.

Enter a word in the search bar and tap the search button, a hosts of words with the same starting letters will fire up. There you can select the word you were looking for and refer the meaning. If you are confused about spelling of certain words, tap on the Spell Check button at the bottom of the app and enter the word thereafter. Matching words would be displayed and you have the option to check the meaning too by tapping on the word.

The pain of turning paper pages, the frustration of finding the right alphabet section is non existent in this nifty application.

Handy features

Some of the features that you don’t  have in paper based dictionaries and that you would love in WordDigest are

The option to mark words as your favorite and store them in a dedicated page. 

Auto storing of your search history 

Set text size of the dictionary

Enabling Online Etymology

Option to refer wiktionary, Wikipedia and answers.com

WordDigest contains more than 147,000 with 87,000 words IPA pronunciation supported. The content is compiled from Wordnet 3.0 Priceton University and Wiktionary.com. What more can you ask for in a handy dictionary like WordDigest. This is one well thought of multi purpose excellently implemented application that would save you lots of time. 

Get all these for $1.99, it’s a steal. 

  • App Name:WordDigest
  • Price: $1.99
  • App Category: Reference
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  • Developer: Global Delight
  • WordDigest English Dictionary, Thesaurus & Spell Checker

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Comments

Boyle

just downloaded…was pretty useful! Thanks to developers!

Dwarf

This is an awesome application. Would have paid more willingly. I don’t know what would happen to my real Thesaurus

BigHead

Hold on! Will the developer go on adding words? Would love to see hundreds of new words added on monthly basis.

james

very handy app dude. impressed!

killerDan

20 secs!!!!!!!!!!!! developer should work on this??? whats the point in keeping the user waiting. by the time app loads i would forget why i opened it!!!!!!! ROFL

Mugged

20 Secs :-O !!!!!!!!!! it’s only when you launch the app for the first time. It’s like taking off the wrapper of a gift. Delay accepted….

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