Close-up of the term 'ideal' in a thesaurus. | iStock. Ask a French scholar in the 16th century to see his thesaurus, and he'd gladly give you a copy of his dictionary.

The Dictionary and the Thesaurus help find the most appropriate word for a context. Here are the top 5 free Dictionary & Thesaurus apps for Windows, which you can use without internet.

A thesaurus is set out in alphabetical order, like a dictionary, so you look up words in the same way.. For example, if you wanted to find another word for ‘nice’ in a thesaurus: You start by ...

Google just launched an update to Google Translate that brings a few new features to the tool that will make it easier to decide which translation of a given word is the one you're looking for.