dictionary

dictionary - noun

  • A reference source in print or electronic form containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and syntactic and idiomatic uses
  • A reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications
  • A reference book listing alphabetically the words of one language and showing their meanings or translations in another language
  • A computerized list (as of items of data or words) used for reference (as for information retrieval or word processing)
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API

Usage examples

Examples: "I can see the dictionary from here." "That dictionary belongs to me." "The dictionary is very important."

dictionary - thesaurus

Synonyms: lexicon, wordbook

SpellingJoy score for dictionary

SpellingJoy Gematria

Mystic
350

Letter Values

D
7
I
9
C
4
T
21
I
9
O
15
N
15
A
1
R
19
Y
28

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium, name for an alphabetized guide to the Vulgate, earlier dictiōnārius, name for a Latin textbook in which words are grouped by topic (apparently coined by its author, the 13th-century English-born university teacher John of Garland), from Latin dictiōn-, dictiō "speech, (in grammar) word, expression" + -ārius, -ārium -ary:1