Snappy Words: Online Dictionary
Thanks to Ray Strackbein for posting to SpeakerNet News details of a fascinating free visual online dictionary.
SnappyWords.com might well replace your dictionary and Thesaurus in ways you could never imagine. It packs a lot of information on one easy-to-navigate page.
Look up any word and SnappyWords presents a visual dynamic network of all related words and their definitions.
Here’s what you see when you enter “Speech” as a search word:
Explore the meaning of words and gather suggestions for alternate words with a few simple mouse clicks.
- Place the mouse cursor over a word to view the meaning.
- Double click a node from the branch to view other related words.
- Scroll the mouse wheel over words to zoom in or out. This helps you see more associations or view words and meanings more clearly.
- Click and drag a word or branch to move it around and explore other branches.
It’s fun to experiment with place names. Here’s the results for London:
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What a cool tool this is!
I’m a Mind Mapper and this fits that concept of branching out to a ‘T’.
Thanks!
By Fred E. Miller on 03.20.10 4:47 am
Google is using something similar – the Google Wheel – for finding relevant keywords. I love this visual tool.
By Public Speaking Nut on 03.21.10 3:59 am
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