A new online dictionary and thesaurus launches today called WordSource. It’s main benefit over sites like Dictionary.com is the fact that the site is very cleanly designed and contains no advertisements.

You can also look up a word by simply adding it to the URL (so word.sc/example will pull up the definition of “example”).

The site also has a number of social features:

* Upload photos that are relevant to the word
* Add tags
* Rate words
* Cite Word
* Play Hangman
* Play Jumble
* Photo Gallery
* Word Source Live

Seems like a bit of overkill to bolt a social network onto an online dictionary, but there you go.
I tend to think that web 2.0 is all about socializing...
If they hadn’t built it, someone else probably would have.
They also have stumbleuponlike buttons(like it / don't like it).
I use Google to define words (just type your query as "define: example"), and many people use this Firefox plugin as well.

written by Florin C.