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A free visual dictionary and online thesaurus. Enter a word to see related vocabulary. R Byrnes: "Snappy Words could be a good resource for students that are stuck in the rut of using the same words and phrases repeatedly in their writing. Snappy Words will give those students access to alternative words and their definitions much faster than thumbing through a thesaurus."

This stie combines the best of a thesaurus and a concordancer. A word search produces loads of combinations in actual usage, with a red or green bar to indicate good and bad connotations. An alternatives link shows other words that can be substituted. Should be a nice accessory to non-native more advanced writers.

"Vicki Davis looks at EasyBib, Mindmeister, track-changes, table of content, thesaurus, template gallery, texthelp study skills and highlighting tools, workflows, Uber conference calls, consistency checker, gliffy diagrams, twitter curator, Kaizena, document merge, and open clip art." Also tells how to get the Add-Ons and use them. T/H to H. DeWaard on Diigo in Education

"Word Sense is a neat little service that is one part dictionary and one part thesaurus. When you enter a word into Word Sense it will show you the definition(s) for the word as well as the connections to associated and similar words. " A nice combination for students writing or reading. T/H R. Byrne

This is a great place for students to SEE visually how words and expressions relate to each other. A must for the visual learner, but wonderful for everyone. Try an expression like "go out" to see how idioms are related to the original meaning.