Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Urban Dictionary

The 20 closest online slang dictionary alternatives to Urban Dictionary, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Urban Dictionary? The closest matches are dictionary.com, Wiktionary and Merriam-Webster online dictionary. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Urban Dictionary

Urban Dictionary urbandictionary.com

Urban Dictionary, November 6: Yap Trap

A seemingly endless debate with a idiot

Wikidata: crowdsourced online dictionary of slang terms

Top 10K · #3,646 English 14 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

A crowdsourced online dictionary where users submit and vote on definitions of slang words, phrases and cultural terms, with a daily Word of the Day email and a merchandise store selling mugs and apparel printed with entries.

Who it’s for
English-speaking internet users looking up slang
Business model
Advertising and merchandise sales

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Urban Dictionary’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

bandcamp.comEventbriteWikipediaWordReference.comReversoGlosbeKnow Your MemeThe Free DictionaryMerriam-Webster online dictionaryWiktionary

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Urban Dictionary

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Urban Dictionary, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    dictionary.com Top 10K English

    Meanings & Definitions of English Words | Dictionary.com

    The world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!

  2. 02
    Wiktionary wiktionary.org Top 10K English

    Wiktionary

    free online multilingual dictionary

  3. 03
    Merriam-Webster online dictionary merriam-webster.com Top 1K English

    online English dictionary hosted on merriam-webster.com

  4. 04
    The Free Dictionary thefreedictionary.com Top 10K

    Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary

    The World's most comprehensive free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia with synonyms, definitions, idioms, abbreviations, and medical, financial, legal specialized dictionaries

  5. 05
    Know Your Meme knowyourmeme.com Top 10K English

    Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme

    Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.

  6. 06
    Glosbe glosbe.com Top 10K English

    Glosbe Dictionary - All Languages of the World in One Place

    Glosbe dictionary - one place, all languages! Translations, example sentences, pronunciation recordings and grammar references. Check it out!

  7. 07
    Reverso reverso.net Top 10K English

    online translation and linguistic tools

  8. 08
    WordReference.com wordreference.com Top 10K

    online dictionary

  9. 09
    Wikipedia wikipedia.org Top 100 English

    Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  10. 10
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

  11. 11
    Eventbrite eventbrite.com Top 1K English

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

  12. 12
    Metal Archives metal-archives.com Top 10K

    Home - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives

    website on heavy metal bands

  13. 13
    bandcamp.com Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

    American online music distributor

  14. 14
    Emojipedia emojipedia.org Top 10K English

    📙 Emojipedia — 😃 Home of Emoji Meanings 💁👌🎍😍

    online emoji encyclopedia

  15. 15
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

  16. 16
    SurveyMonkey surveymonkey.com Top 1K English

    SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform

    Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.

  17. 17
    Craigslist craigslist.org Top 1K

    craigslist: hamburg jobs, apartments, for sale, services, community, and events

    craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events

  18. 18
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English

    Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

    Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

  19. 19
    eBay ebay.com Top 1K English

    Error Page | eBay

    American multinational internet corporation that manages eBay.com

  20. 20
    Pikabu pikabu.ru Top 1K Russian

    Горячее – самые интересные и обсуждаемые посты | Пикабу

    Пикабу – это уютное информационно-развлекательное сообщество, где любой желающий может опубликовать пост. Истории из жизни, свежие шутки и мемы, познавательные статьи, забавные фото и видео, интересные комментарии. Если другим пользователям понравится ваша история, ее увидят сотни тысяч людей.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to urbandictionary.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Urban Dictionary uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Urban Dictionary is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript libraries
  • Alpine.js asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/alpinejs@3/dist/cdn.min.js
CSS & UI
Analytics
Advertising
Marketing automation
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net include:helpscoutemail.com include:sp…
Security
  • reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/enterprise.js
CDN
  • bunny.net header server: BunnyCDN-DE1-1331
  • jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/alpinejs@3/dist/cdn.min.js
Authentication
  • Supabase page source: suhfwslfcgpqqgcbftzd.supabase.co
Email hosting
  • Fastmail MX in1-smtp.messagingengine.com
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=O81xyb7YxpdGeHWkniit_VBT4vTXz9__NFrNM…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=x6TO3N93VN-hEfLsl0uMR7qVCG5P8ZsVLNo5VM6XcpE
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=dlvn47gl649jvh8eum587wxkaerx6l

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