WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
word′ for word′,
- in exactly the same words;
verbatim. - one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole:She translated the book word for word.
- Middle English 1350–1400
'word-for-word' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
for
- literal
- verbatim
- word
- heart
- literally
- verbal
- verbatim et literatim
- word for word