Vocabulary.com User Reviews

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Simply the best app to more be creative with words and being open minded.

The best app to learn new words everyday and have an open mind and have your mind from nonsense games out there, that wastes your time only. Definitely I recommend to everybody, but specially for those whom are foreigners like myself. It gives the options to learn and focus more on those words you need the most. And perhaps some change may need but maybe that could be adding the options from changing language to others so don't have the need leave the app but have one app open only, that would definitely save lot of times and money. Congratulation to the creator of this and for being so benevolent to share his creativity.
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App to build vocabulary

This app is indeed a good way to build vocabulary. Though it has really nice features, i expect more from it. Because it exudes much more possibility than it has now. I would love to have a scientific method in this app to learn word to sow them in short and long term memories. Even i master a word i want that to be asked in longer periods continuously. Also i wish they had more questions to crosscheck the word we learned. Unconciously i tend to memorize the questions :( it should eliminate that problem much more efficiently.
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I would have given 5 stars...

...accept the app won't allow me to add words to my lists sometimes, and this has caused me problems. Also, it will be great if there was an option to choose an accent, because only having an American or English pronunciation isn't particularly incredibly useful. Other than these findings then this app is extremely adequate in helping me to build my vocab!
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Disappointment

This app could be useful to those looking to improve their vocabulary over long turn, but not for those with an English test coming within a month and need to improve vocabulary in a specific field fast. Even after choosing my own list to learn, it still gives me questions on many irrelevant words which is pretty annoying. The connection is also extremely slow (takes more than 10s to load a question, and it doesn't matter whether I'm using wifi or 4G), but that could be just me. Anyway, I had really hoped this app would work but it just turned out to be a disappointment.
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Vocab app = insipid pap

The features of this app are quite basic for a paid app. Some functions work only when they feel like it, such as when you find a word and attempt to add it to your list - you must wait for the option to appear in order to do so, which it often does not, hence, you cannot add the word to your list. I have submitted this feedback numerous times to the creators of the app and have repeatedly been ignored. The game component of the app is un imaginative and gets boring very quickly. There is very little variation to the game and one struggles to see how it promotes erudition in any way. The app creators have not ONCE brought out an update of any kind and are seemingly resting on their fat piggy laurels and watching the dollars roll in from their substandard app. People giving this 5 stars: have a word with yourself, only don't consult the vocabulary app when doing so.
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Brilliant App

This is the best vocabulary app! It definitely fills the place of Word Dynamo- it's a lot better! I love the definitions- they're easy to understand. I love this app!

The best!

The best!

As close to most efficient as we got.

There are so many tools and ways to improve your vocabulary out there that it makes for a real challenge to find the one you'll want for a standard. I would love for the team to build this app towards excellence by focusing on key principles of memory, learning and psychology.
Semantic chunking is a much better and proved way to learn vocabulary instead of alphabetical order.
But I'm giving the app 5 stars because it follows most of the core principles around its goals, and by doing that it becomes a very effective tool in your language learning/improving kit. A must have.
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Favorite app for a smarty

This app is amazing. It definitely has some bugs/parts it could fix such as the definitions of some words & expanding its vocabulary content.
I love that it contains a fun way to learn words by playing. It's a smart idea since I am addicted to playing! I love learning new words and there is no better way than this! I would definitely rate this five stars if only it contained more day to day use of words (I search up words sometimes & they aren't there which is frustrating since it is a vocab app, so please fix this! If dictionary app is free and has more variety of words, an app that costs money should definitely be on top of its game.) Also some definitions could definitely be a bit off, confusing or don't offer all the different meanings of a word. Still rating it four stars because I love the game and keeps my tongue top-notch ;).
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Great vocab app!

Only had the app for one day, but I am impressed! Plethora of words available to learn and the means by which the app tests you varies... pictures may even be used to assess your memory of a word and its meaning. I would highly recommend this app for anyone wanting to improve their vocabulary in a fun and self-directed fashion.
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