Thefreedictionary.com is a dictionary website where you can find out the definition of words in any one of a number of languages, including English, Chinese, German, Spanish, and French. The site also provides a thesaurus, a medical dictionary, a legal dictionary, a financial dictionary, acronyms, idioms, and an encyclopedia, all for free. There is a word of the day each day, and there are various word games, including hangman, a spelling bee, and a match-up game for synonyms. In addition to all its dictionary-based information, it also provides news, quotes, the weather, horoscopes, and historical information, like what was famous about each day and who was born on each day. You can set it as your homepage and customize the content that appears, choosing from the functions mentioned above, as well as a few others.

This site is a good resource for anyone looking for dictionary-based information online or a dictionary-based homepage. The site is also good for quick word game fun and information on history in the same vein as wikipedia.org, which it links to should it not have the information you seek. The site reaches a primarily educated audience, and it is commonly visited by people looking for other reference websites and science, nature, and technology websites.