It’s right on the tip of your tongue. You know it’s there. It’s when you intensely dislike something. When your brain can’t quite pick out the word you need, OneLook Reverse Dictionary can look the word up by its definition.
The tool, from dictionary site OneLook, lets you look up related words or definitions to come up with the word you need. Can’t remember the word for fear of spiders? OneLook knows it’s arachnophobia. You can also start typing to get suggested definitions, which can help you narrow it down even further. It’s also helpful for finding related words that may not necessarily be synonyms, but fall into the same category of meaning.
OneLook Reverse Dictionary Helps Find That Word You Can’t Remember
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Google- does the same thing!!
So does the Writers’ Reverse Dictionary (http://writersdictionary.com), but better.