Dictionary

Look up any English word and get definitions organized by part of speech, phonetic transcription, audio pronunciation URLs, usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms. Powered by the Free Dictionary API.

Tools

• define_word — Full definitions with phonetics, parts of speech, and example sentences
• get_synonyms — Synonyms and antonyms extracted from dictionary entries

Reach for this when

• A user asks "what does 'ephemeral' mean?"
• Building a vocabulary quiz or flashcard application
• Need synonyms for writing assistance or paraphrasing
• Want phonetic pronunciation data for a language learning tool

Example

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dictionary/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"define_word","arguments":{"word":"serendipity"}}}'

Returns definitions grouped by part of speech, with example usage and audio URLs.

MCP config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-dictionary": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dictionary/mcp"]
    }
  }
}