当你需要知道一个词的定义，翻译，发音，同义词或者反义词时，你无须再像你的祖父母那样，从书架上拉出一本大辞典，掸去灰尘，快速翻阅那薄薄的书页——你可以在因特网上就地查获。除了大多数字处理器与操作系统提供的标准型词典和拼写检验器之外，还有一些基于网络的能给你所需信息的语言工具可供使用。

VisuWords:在线虚拟化视觉词库以一种动态的图形化节点地图的样式定义并显示词与词之间的关系，因而你可以点击相关词语周游遍历。Visuwords™采用了普林斯顿大学的WordNet技术，由在校学生和语言研究人员共同创办的一个开源数据库，构建现代网络技术和用户界面相结合的可视化工具。

Connect words visually, according to their semantic relationships, with this playful dictionary. Visuwords produces an interactive node graph network.

Web site Visuwords defines and displays relationships between words in a fast and effective graphical map of meaning. When you first search for a word with Visuwords, you'll see the word pop up in the center and nodes pop out from there for each meaning of the word. Each of those nodes will spawn their own relational nodes, connected by lines that indicate meaning (for example, a red diamond indicates an antonym), and double-clicking any of those nodes will expand your tree of meaning from that point. Visuwords is a quick visual dictionary-and-thesaurus-in-one tool that offers a fresh and useful way to look at words, understand meanings, and find new ways of saying what you're looking to say.