Wordbook is an offline English-English dictionary application built for GNOME.
It uses the Open English WordNet database for definitions and eSpeak-ng for audio and phonetic pronunciations. Besides definitions, Wordbook displays examples and relationships between words such as synonyms and antonyms.
The application uses GTK4 and libadwaita and works entirely offline once installed.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Works offline.
- Definitions from Open English WordNet.
- Displays usage examples.
- Shows word relationships including synonyms and antonyms.
- Audio and phonetic pronunciations using eSpeak-ng.
- Live search.
- Double-click a word to search for it.
- Random word feature.
- Supports GNOME dark mode.
Website: github.com/mufeedali/Wordbook
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Developer: Mufeed Ali
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Wordbook is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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