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Words API Definitions API

Words API Sense-level Definitions Grouped by Part of Speech.

Words API Definitions API is one of 9 APIs that Words API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 13 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Definitions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and 13 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://wordsapiv1.p.rapidapi.com.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://wordsapiv1.p.rapidapi.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Words API Definitions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-RapidAPI-Key (RapidApiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • RapidApiKey — RapidAPI subscription key. The X-RapidAPI-Host header (wordsapiv1.p.rapidapi.com) is also required.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Definitions 1

Words API Sense-level Definitions Grouped by Part of Speech.

GET
/words/{word}/definitions
Get Word Definitions
getDefinitions 1 param → 200404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Error (2 properties), DefinitionsResponse (2 properties), DefinitionEntry (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DefinitionEntry
object
One definition with its grammatical category.
2 properties
DefinitionsResponse
object
Response from GET /words/{word}/definitions.
2 properties
Error
object
Error response body returned by Words API when a request fails.
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

words-definitions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Words API Categories API
Words API Examples API
Words API Frequency API
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Words API Search API
Words API Thesaurus API
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