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.plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Brian Kariger</li><li>Daniel Fierro</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dictionary.com/">www<wbr />.dictionary<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">May 14, 1995<span class="noprint">; 29 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1995-05-14</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Dictionary.com</b></i> is an online <a href="/wiki/Dictionary" title="Dictionary">dictionary</a> whose domain was first registered on May 14, 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The primary content on <i>Dictionary.com</i> is a proprietary dictionary based on <i><a href="/wiki/Random_House_Unabridged_Dictionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Random House Unabridged Dictionary">Random House Unabridged Dictionary</a></i>, with editors for the site providing new and updated definitions.<sup id="cite_ref-ibtimes.com_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibtimes.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supplementary content comes from the <i><a href="/wiki/Collins_English_Dictionary" title="Collins English Dictionary">Collins English Dictionary</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language" title="The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language">American Heritage Dictionary</a></i> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-cjr.org_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjr.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is owned by IXL Learning.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dictionary.com&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Dictionary.com</i> was founded by Brian Kariger and Daniel Fierro as part of Lexico Publishing, which also started <i>Thesaurus.com</i> and <a href="/wiki/Reference.com" title="Reference.com">Reference.com</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of its launch, it was one of the web's first in-depth reference sites.<sup id="cite_ref-WallStreetJournal_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WallStreetJournal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2008, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Ask.com" title="Ask.com">Ask.com</a>, an <a href="/wiki/IAC_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="IAC (company)">IAC</a> company,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and renamed Dictionary.com, LLC.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, IAC sold Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com to <a href="/wiki/Rock_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Holdings">Rock Holdings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wkycstudios_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wkycstudios-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the sale, Dictionary.com was the 447th most trafficked website in the United States, according to the website tracking service <a href="/wiki/SimilarWeb" class="mw-redirect" title="SimilarWeb">SimilarWeb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wkycstudios_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wkycstudios-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, they estimated that there are 5.5 billion word searches a year on its site.<sup id="cite_ref-chicagotribune_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicagotribune-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, Rock Holdings sold Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com to IXL Learning.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dictionary.com&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among its features, <i>Dictionary.com</i> offers a Word of the Day,<sup id="cite_ref-Dictionary.com_Word_of_the_Day_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dictionary.com_Word_of_the_Day-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a crossword solver,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a pop culture dictionary<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that includes emoji and slang sections. </p><p>In 2010, <i>Dictionary.com</i> began a <a href="/wiki/Word_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Word of the Year">Word of the Year</a> feature with the word <i>change</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The selection is based on search trends on the site throughout the year and the news events that drive them.<sup id="cite_ref-clickondetroit_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clickondetroit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Dictionary.com</i>'s words of the year have been:<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>2010: <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/change" class="extiw" title="wikt:change">change</a></i></li> <li>2011: <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tergiversate" class="extiw" title="wikt:tergiversate">tergiversate</a></i></li> <li>2012: <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bluster" class="extiw" title="wikt:bluster">bluster</a></i></li> <li>2013: <i><a href="/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy">privacy</a></i></li> <li>2014: <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exposure" class="extiw" title="wikt:exposure">exposure</a></i></li> <li>2015: <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/identity" class="extiw" title="wikt:identity">identity</a></i></li> <li>2016: <i><a href="/wiki/Xenophobia" title="Xenophobia">xenophobia</a></i></li> <li>2017: <i><a href="/wiki/Complicit" class="mw-redirect" title="Complicit">complicit</a></i></li> <li>2018: <i><a href="/wiki/Misinformation" title="Misinformation">misinformation</a></i></li> <li>2019: <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/existential" class="extiw" title="wikt:existential">existential</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-clickondetroit_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clickondetroit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020: <i><a href="/wiki/Pandemic" title="Pandemic">pandemic</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021: <i><a href="/wiki/Allyship" title="Allyship">allyship</a></i></li> <li>2022: <i><a href="/wiki/Woman" title="Woman">woman</a></i></li> <li>2023: <i><a href="/wiki/Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence)" title="Hallucination (artificial intelligence)">hallucinate</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span 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