Merriam-Webster
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Look up word definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and antonyms using Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus APIs.
Get definition
Look up a word's part of speech and definitions.
Inputs
- Word
wordtextRequired - Word to look up.
Outputs
definitionslist- Short definitions, in order
part_of_speechtext- Part of speech, for example 'noun' or 'verb'
wordtext- The matched dictionary headword. Empty if not found.
Example output
{
"definitions": [
"existing or being everywhere at the same time"
],
"part_of_speech": "adjective",
"word": "ubiquitous"
}Get synonyms
Look up synonyms and antonyms for a word.
Inputs
- Word
wordtextRequired - Word to look up.
Outputs
antonymslist- Antonyms for the word
synonymslist- Synonyms for the word
wordtext- The matched thesaurus headword. Empty if not found.
Example output
{
"antonyms": [
"sad",
"unhappy"
],
"synonyms": [
"glad",
"joyful",
"content"
],
"word": "happy"
}