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The best Reverse Dictionary - Ever asked yourself "Whats the word for..."

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Reverse Dictionary - Ever asked yourself "Whats the word for..." Reverse Dictionary Reverse Dictionary.  This article describes Onelook.com’s Reverse Dictionary. Reverse Dictionaries allow you to “Describe a concept” in order to find words that match that description. I just happened to stumble on a pretty interesting tool today.   I was trying to find a word for “People that are behind the times” for my previous blog post . I did a couple of searches in Google without avail and eventually started scouring for a tool that did a reverse lookup on a word. A tool where I would give the definition, and it would give me some words that matched that definition. What I discovered was Onelook.com’s Reverse Dictionary. Reverse Dictionaries allow you to “Describe a concept” in order to find words that match that description. Cool Stuff, especially for all of us non-harvard graduates. What I find the most interesting though is all of the uses for this ...

The best Reverse Dictionary - Ever asked yourself "Whats the word for..."

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Reverse Dictionary - Ever asked yourself "Whats the word for..." Reverse Dictionary Reverse Dictionary.  This article describes Onelook.com’s Reverse Dictionary. Reverse Dictionaries allow you to “Describe a concept” in order to find words that match that description. I just happened to stumble on a pretty interesting tool today.   I was trying to find a word for “People that are behind the times” for my previous blog post . I did a couple of searches in Google without avail and eventually started scouring for a tool that did a reverse lookup on a word. A tool where I would give the definition, and it would give me some words that matched that definition. What I discovered was Onelook.com’s Reverse Dictionary. Reverse Dictionaries allow you to “Describe a concept” in order to find words that match that description. Cool Stuff, especially for all of us non-harvard graduates. What I find the most interesting though is all of the uses for this ...