Quick Word Definition
Stop interrupting your reading. Get instant word definitions while reading - just right-click!
As of May 2026, Quick Word Definition has 160 users and a 4.20/5 rating from 5 reviews in the Education category.
Usersup 30.1 percent+30.1%
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160
Ratingdown 16.0 percent−16.0%
4.20
5 reviews
Reviewsup 66.7 percent+66.7%
5
Version
1.0.6
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 123 | 5.00 | 3 | 1.0.6 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | 128 | 5.00 | 3 | 1.0.6 |
| May 6, 2026 | 143 | 5.00 | 4 | 1.0.6 |
| May 17, 2026 | 147 | 4.20 | 5 | 1.0.6 |
| May 30, 2026 | 155 | 4.20 | 5 | 1.0.6 |
| Now | 160 | 4.20 | 5 | 1.0.6 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- contextMenusactiveTabscripting
- Host access
- None declared
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About
A lightweight and handy Chrome extension that helps you find word definitions instantly while reading articles, blogs, PDFs, or web content. Just right-click on any word and get its meaning, example sentences, pronunciation, phonetics, and more — all in a clean popup without leaving your current page!
Features
🔍 Get word definitions with a simple right-click
📖 Example sentences to understand word usage
🔈 Pronunciation audio support
🧑🏫 Phonetics for better understanding
🌐 Works across all websites and PDF readers inside Chrome
⚡ Fast and clean UI experience
🧩 Easy to install and use
How It Works
- Select any word on a webpage or PDF.
- Right-click → Click "Define {selected word} "
- A neat popup shows:
- Definition
- Example sentence(s)
- Pronunciation with audio
- Phonetics
- Part of speech and more
To work on locally opened PDFs:
- Go to chrome://extensions/
- Find Quick Word Definition and click Details
- Turn on “Allow access to file URLs”
To enable the keyboard shortcut:
- Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts
- Set up your preferred shortcut (e.g. Ctrl + Q)
Make sure it doesn’t conflict with other shortcuts.
How to use:
- On web pages: Select a word and press Ctrl + Q to see the definition.
- On PDFs: Use right-click → Define (keyboard shortcut does not work on PDFs).
Important:
After installing or changing settings, please refresh your browser tabs or restart Chrome to activate the extension.Technical
- Version
- 1.0.6
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 32.34KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- ooadekjgieccaeacicfkcicbmiknlkbo
- Developer ID
- ue93bf518e5533bcfcfa35f2db467fae8
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jun 10, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jul 3, 2025
- Last Scraped
- May 30, 2026
- Website
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 30, 2026.