We can have dictonary with out database or any local data
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.Reader; import java.net.URL; import java.nio.charset.Charset; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import org.json.JSONArray; import org.json.JSONException; import org.json.JSONObject; public class Dictonary { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { String str = null; System.out.println("running");; str = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the string"); JSONObject json = readJsonFromUrl("http://www.google.com/dictionary/json?callback=dict_api.callbacks.id100&q="+str+"&sl=en&tl=en&restrict=pr%2Cde&client=te"); JSONArray json1 = json.getJSONArray("webDefinitions"); JSONArray json2 = ((JSONObject)json1.get(0)).getJSONArray("entries"); System.out.println("MEANINGS OF "+str); for(int i=0;i<json2.length();i++) { JSONArray jobarray =((JSONObject)json2.get(i)).getJSONArray("terms"); for(int j=0;j<jobarray.length();j++) { JSONObject job = jobarray.getJSONObject(j); String stri = (String)job.get("type"); if(stri.equals("text")) { System.out.println(job.get("text")); } } System.out.println(""); } } public static JSONObject readJsonFromUrl(String url) throws IOException, JSONException { InputStream is = new URL(url).openStream(); try { BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, Charset.forName("UTF-8"))); String jsonText = readAll(rd); // System.out.println("char 1 "+jsonText.trim()); jsonText= jsonText.substring(jsonText.indexOf('(')+1,jsonText.lastIndexOf(')')); // System.out.println("char 2 "+jsonText.trim()); JSONObject json = new JSONObject(jsonText.trim()); return json; } finally { is.close(); } } private static String readAll(Reader rd) throws IOException { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); int cp; while ((cp = rd.read()) != -1) { sb.append((char) cp); } return sb.toString(); } }