Tips & Tricks

With the Vocabulary.com Dictionary's "Add to List" feature, you can add words to your Vocabulary Lists or even create new ones. Here's how: Continue reading...

Did you know Vocabulary.com is a great test prep resource? With SAT season upon us, here's a review of how to use Vocabulary.com to prepare for any standardized test. Continue reading...

When making a list, it can be tempting to pile on the words, as if the dictionary is a buffet table and you’re allowed only one pass. But this may not be the best approach. Continue reading...

Have a list of vocabulary words to learn for school? Need to learn to spell a list of words? Want to improve your reading comprehension? Not only is Vocabulary.com an excellent tool for building vocabulary, it can help you do your homework as well. Continue reading...

Next time you play the Challenge, click "Look Up" when you guess wrong on a word and we'll show you that word's definition, including Usage Examples, without taking you off the Challenge page. The extra few minutes you spend reading will pay dividends later. Continue reading...

If you play the Vocabulary.com Challenge long enough, we'll eventually teach you to tell somnolent, soporific, and sonorous apart. But you don’t have to wait. You can look them up in our Dictionary at any time, click “Learn,” and you’ll begin to see them right away. Continue reading...