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Ask HN: Is there an app that does the opposite of a dictionary?
Type in a definition or a description and get a word back. I have needed this app for so long and I assume others do to. This surely exists or am I mistaken?
- jacquesm 17y agohttp://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml edit: a google search for 'reverse dictionary' turns up a whole bunch of them: http://www.google.com/search?q=reverse+dictionary http://www.google.com/search?q=reverse+dictionary
- apotheon 17y agoOnelook.com is awesome -- and you just showed me it's even awesomer than I thought. Thanks for that.
- ScottWhigham 17y agoA thesaurus does a certain amount of this already, doesn't it?